Admin privileges not working

I am running into an issue sometimes when I try to run set up assistants or install certain software.
I receive an error message that I must have admin privileges to configure a device. I only have one user account set up on my computer and it is the admin account. My computer is never used by anyone else and I find swapping from a regular user to an admin user to be a hassle, so I just use the one account for everything.
I followed the steps to enable root on Lion.
I checked the permissions on my HD using disk utility and when it found errors I repaired them.
I set the read/write privileges on my HD to read-only and then RESET them back to read/write.
Can someone tell me what the heck else I need to do to fix this issue. I'm fairly savvy and don't mind digging into some of the deeper nitty gritty if need be. I simply want it fixed.

I had almost the exact same problem you are experiencing.
First, i ran the permissions verify then repair, i did that twice. Afterwards, I forced restarted finder then i could modify my own admin privlages.
Specifically for me, the problem was that I could not modify the root directory. I couldn't even add a folder or delete from the trash. The steps outlined above seemed to fix the problem.
I hope you have the same success I just had.
Best,
E

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