Installer asking for password before removal

I have a PC with Windows Vista and use Firefox as my browser.  I have been having trouble with internet pages that temporarily freeze when I reach them or when I exit the page.  I suspect Shockwave Flashplayer is involved, but have not resolved it.  Today I decided to check if my add-ons were updated and a message said I needed to update my Adobe Reader.  I saved the installation file to my Downoalds folder, but before installing, I saw there was a slightly earlier version still sitting there.  I wanted to delete it and perhaps delete both installation files, but it asks me to provide a password and then that window asking for the password will not close unless I use Task Manager to end the task.
What is this about?  I want to remove both installation files and never needed passwords before.  I am the only one who uses the computer and thereby the administrator.  I have access to all the permissions.
If anyone can help me with the password issue, I would appreciate it.  I suspect no one has answers to the the Shockwave Flashplayer issues since the web is full of complaints about it and no solutions.
Thanks.

Well, I appreciate the attention both you (Test Screen Name) and Pat Willener gave this.  This is indeed a weird problem to have, but hopefully benign.  It's just that I like a clean computer when possible.  More importantly, the problems I stated in my original post are what prompted this and they remain.  Once a day, certain types of pages stall for a minute or more when I load them or exit them (like yahoo mail) and the source of the problem, according to posts on the internet, is some incompatibility with Adobe Shockwave Player.  Nothing anyone has tried seems to have solved it.  I was hoping keeping my various add-ons, readers and players up to date would help.

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