Problems with old user account coming up during downloads.

i am trying to download internet explorer 9.0 on desktop Presario PC. When installing the user account control pops up. A while ago, we had to restore the computer and now operating off a different user account. Any upgrades are defaulting to the old user account icon and looking for a password, I do not remember the old password. I tried to change user account profile, but it always is looking for old user account and password. Thanks for any help

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