Installing Picasa will give you:
The current user is not allowed to install or update applications.
What you have to do to fix this:
1) Start / Administrative Tools / Server Manager / Features / Add
Features / Select “Desktop Experience”
2) Install and restart the PC and then reinstall Picasa.
QED
Thanks for the tip … it was really useful
I had the same problem, now it is OK. Thanks.
Btw this will turn your computer into Vista, in many respects. Picasa depends on this to run?
Picasa needs this to install at least.
Haven’t tried to turn it off after Picasa installs to see what happens.
I use WindowsXp.
Not able to find the server manager.
Where to locate?
This is to fix a problem that stops Picasa from installing on Windows Server. I did not face this problem installing on WinXP. There shouldn’t be a “Desktop Experience” setting in WinXP.
I use both Picassa and Flickr for sharing photos over the internet but i use Flickr more often than Picassa.”-`