Access Privileges problem

I am having trouble installing Adobe Flash Player 9 UB on my iMac it says I dont have enough access privileges, I am logged on as a Administrator,I have repaired permissions in disk utility and done terminal command ( sudo chmod 1775 /Volumes/"Volume Name" ) also done root command (chown -R userid /Volumes/XXXX ) all to no avail. Any help would be appreciated.
G4 Cube 20" iMac Mac OS X (10.4.8)

These problems come from a bug with Adobe installers.
If you have a previous version of Flash (or other Adobe apps), and you wish to upgrade it, it must be installed from the same admin account used to install the previous version. If you no longer have access to the original admin account, follow the instructions on this page:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=8d46f4f8
If you are seeing this problem with other non-Adobe apps, try trashing the old version of the app first before installing the new one.

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hi j.block!
hmmmmmmmmmmm. one other thing that might be worth a try if all else fails. i have once seen something like this turn out to be caused by a really kinky version of this issue:
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I do not have enough access privileges for this operation

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My TM is often giving me the "You do not have appropriate access privileges to save file “.002332b7be8a” in folder “Time Machine Backups”" message when I go to select my backup drive. I've reviewed past archived discussions on this and, like many other people, gotten completely flummoxed trying to find a permanent solution. Tried the suggested fixes via Terminal and it didn't help because I couldn't get through the entire process without Terminal telling me it couldn't find a file or drive. When I can find the time, I'm going to try Tinker Tool to reveal where that numbered file actually is and give it another go.
In the meantime, for those who are desperate to get their TM working again to get at least one backup done, I can offer people a temporary solution that's worked for me.
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Hope this helps anyone who's frantic to make a backup without having to start from square one with a whole new complete initial backup (can take many hours to make one) on a fresh external drive.
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noodlenose wrote:
My TM is often giving me the "You do not have appropriate access privileges to save file “.002332b7be8a” in folder “Time Machine Backups”" message when I go to select my backup drive.
Wow, I haven't seen that in a looooong time!
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Do you mean in #C5 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting?
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It should be at the top level of the drive.
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