Re: Cannot install new program anymore
From: Patricia (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/21/04
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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 08:23:37 -0700
I will do it and let you know
Thanks
Patty
>-----Original Message-----
>Jim Macklin wrote:
>
>> Open your control panel and look at the Users applet.
How
>> many users are listed on the computer and are they
listed as
>> Administrator or Limited?
>>
>> When you set up a password, was that the first user
account
>> you set up? I think you may have been using the default
>> Administrator account and you created your account,
with the
>> password, as a limited account. If so, you'll have to
open
>> the now hidden Administrator account by rebooting the
>> computer and pressing the F8 key before Windows loads
to get
>> the boot menu. Then using the Administrator account,
open
>> the control panel and set you user account to have
>> administrative rights.
>> Click OK and reboot. Your user account will now do all
that
>> the default admin acct would do.
>>
>>
>>
>You've gotten good advice regarding the Administrator
account, but I
>don't see where you've scanned your system with a current
(post-2002
>version using updated definitions) antivirus. Please let
us know the
>results.
>
>Malke
>--
>MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
>Elephant Boy Computers
>www.elephantboycomputers.com
>"Don't Panic!"
>.
>
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