Administrator problems installing 3rd part software

I have an iMac G5 running Mac OSX (10.5.2). I have installed some third party photo software (Olympus Master 2). If I try and update this software or the software for the connected Olympus camera from inside the software, it keeps giving me the following error: "To use this function administrator privileges are required. Log on as an administrator". I am the only administrator on this computer, and I am logged on, so I do not understand the problem. I have reconfirmed I have admin privileges. All other software on this computer generally asks for my admin password when I update it and everything is ok. Am I forgetting something? Does this look like an Apple problem or with Olympus software. Is there a work around?
Thanks
--bbarclay

Hi BBarclay-
Greetings and welcome to the Apple boards
I am not so sure that software is compatible with 10.5.x. Does Olympus have anything on their site referencing this?
If you use iPhoto you probably won't need Olympus Master 2.
Luck-
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