Can't install fonts or drivers in administrator mode 10.7.5

Hi,
I hope someone can help me with this. I bought a computer with a clean install of lion. I have installed all of my software, etc. and have been runnin it in administrator mode. But when I try to install new drivers for Wacom tablet, Fonts, etc. I get an error message. If I create a user account, I can install with no problem. But of course when I log i as an administrator the updates, apps are gone. The problem is all my files are in administrator mode and I need to keep woking. Is there a way to migrate the system over so that I can can have access to everything in User mode? I don't know alot about these two things. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Clint

ruby335 wrote:
I do not have any start up disc. And I am not sure what a recovery HD for Lion is? I do have a Carbon copy of my drive
Details in Recovery and About OS X Recovery. Also, see Computers using Internet Recovery.
If I am reading it correctly, do I boot using the drive copy, change premissions using utility, then reboot using the original drive? Is there another way to repair premissions, change password?
See
http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/24/reset-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-password/ and
http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/19/change-password-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-without-knowin g-current-password/
Also when I called Wacom support they actually had me create a new user account to install the software. It's odd that I can install the fonts in the applications folder in one user account but they do not show up in the administrator account.
As I stated, if that new account was an admin one, the fonts should be available to all users. Alternatively, they might be user specific, but you'll have to ask Wacom about that.

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