Getting this error while trying to install Adobe air or any other application which uses Adobe Air?

“An error occurred while installing Adobe AIR. Installation may not be allowed by your administrator. Please contact your administrator.”

Running windows 8, 64 bit.

Two references in this regards are:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11499912/resolved-an-error-occurred-while-installing-adobe-air

http://forums.adobe.com/message/4350397