My issue with Admin Role has been addressed at drupal.org. I applied the fix and it worked! The only problem is, the user that fixed the problem wants me to apply it to a new release of the module. However, apparently I need CVS access to the module to create a new release for it. Whew, dodged that bullet.

The memory error I got when I installed Views module is fixed as well. I just had to create a php.ini file on my root directory and increase the memory allocation in it. Yay! I've documented the procedure for future use.

Now I just need to start working with Views and figuring out how best to use it.