Admin Accnt Lacks Full Permissions

In the past week my Admin acount has lost permissions in a few operations. I must mention that I have 2 admin accounts, the account created during installation process and an admin account created with the first account (this is the one I am having trouble with). I use CS3 Bridge and I can't delete files from within this application (a message telling me I do not have sufficient permissions) and the other problem is that I cannot install software (same message)
Anyone have any ideas ??
Thanks

All admin accounts have equal power. If one is failing then you may want to copy any documents and files created under that account to /Users/Shared, delete the failed admin account using your other admin account and then recreate that account with admin privileges. You can then copy the files back to the new account. (You may have to correct permissions on the files to let the "new" admin use them.)
Keep in mind that I haven't provided any instructions for keeping personal settings, bookmarks, etc., for that admin account but you really shouldn't be using that account for anything more than just machine administration.
Hope this helps!
bill

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