Rev, are trying to say that your friend tried to make you an Admin, in the correct way, and it didn't work?
For some reason I believe that she only changed the Rank in your Profile, but not your Permissions.
Administration Panel >> User Admin >> Permissions
Type/paste the username in the "box" and click Look up User.
A page called User Permissions Control, with the user's name, opens.
On that page it says
User Level : [ User ]
Change the drop down menu to [ Administrator ]
Go down to the bottom of the page and click Submit.
Tell your friend to try that, and if it still doesn't work, then she needs to report the problem, as she is the Admin of the forum...
FoxLeonard