No password prompt on any software installation

I'm having a problem with Snow Leopard.
Performed a clean install of 10.6 from disc.
Ran all updates, now running at 10.6.2.
Installed iWork and was asked for admin password to install.
Then added some HP printer drivers via software update and noticed that i wasn't asked for admin password when downloading or installing.
Thought this was funny so downloaded Firefox and Google Earth and installed them and i wasn't asked for admin password to install.
Is this normal?
Ran repair disk permissions and got the following message:
"Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired."
Is this related?
Any help appreciated, might save me a trip to the Genius bar.

CarlUK wrote:
I'm having a problem with Snow Leopard.
Performed a clean install of 10.6 from disc.
Ran all updates, now running at 10.6.2.
Installed iWork and was asked for admin password to install.
Then added some HP printer drivers via software update and noticed that i wasn't asked for admin password when downloading or installing.
Thought this was funny so downloaded Firefox and Google Earth and installed them and i wasn't asked for admin password to install.
Is this normal?
check his thread http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10453385&#10453385
Ran repair disk permissions and got the following message:
"Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired."
Is this related?
no. click here for permission repair messages you can safely ignore

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Hello!
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Intel Chipset SW Installation Utility 9.2.0.1015
TOSHIBA Supervisor Password Utility 4.8.6.0
TOSHIBA HW Setup Utility 4.8.6.0
TOSHIBA Bulletin Board V2.1.10
TOSHIBA ReelTime 1.7.17.0
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NVIDIA Display Driver 8.17.12.6669
Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver 10.1.2.1004
TOSHIBA Value Added Package 1.5.4.64
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NVIDIA HD Audio Driver 1.1.13.1
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or
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TOSHIBA Web Camera Application V2.0.0.19
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TOSHIBA Media Controller 1.0.86.2
TOSHIBA Media Controller Plug-in 1.0.6.1
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14. 12/07/2008 - I came back to the same state. Internet works, Outlook Express works but Adobe Photoshop is gone since I deleted it on 11/14/2008. I think if it was on it it would freezes anyway. Again, I try to install a CD - any CD and nothing.
Sorry that this is a bit confusing but I tough that at least I can show a process what I exactly did. My question is - is there any feature on Windows XP that prevents from installing a software? Did maybe the virus caused to block it?
I have also tried to look under Drive DVD/CD-RW /Properties to see if I have enabled or disabled any recording features. It says the device is working properly.
I have checked a C: Drive properties to see if anything is checked disabled - nothing that I could not find .
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How about the following? Checking https://login.oracle.com/mysso/signon.jsp on http://web-sniffer.net shows:
Set-Cookie: ORA_UCM_VER=; domain=.oracle.com; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 01:00:00 GMT; path=/
Unfortunately I cannot set my system date prior to 1970 to see what happens, but would the cookie allow me to login without the need to specify my username and password again until the cookie expires? Would that be a feasible option instead of enabling form autocomplete?
Speaking of which, the OTN forum defines "Cache-Control: private, no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate". This setting disables browser caching. I found the browser's back button very useful in the past to be able to get back the content of the forum editor, for instance, when some error occurred submitting the response or when I accidentally opened another web page. This used to work in the previous forum.
The editor's new recovery function so far has been rather confusing or completely useless for me. It does not help after being logged out without notice. It actually just happened and I received an "unexpected error" while posting this response, loosing all text. (Un)fortunately I'm used to either copy and paste the content before submitting or use my own text editor. But cutting and pasting has become a different story now after the forum upgrade with the buggy editor.
Meanwhile I understand that OTN cannot fix the problems with the forum software, but perhaps the login could be improved.

No password prompt on any software installation

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