Re: Installing software - Admin permission denied

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From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/23/05 

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:18:47 -0500

Hi,

Logon with the default administrator account. To access the default
administrator account:

In WinXP Pro, hit ctrl+alt+delete twice at the logon screen and type it in.

In WinXP Home, you must restart and enter Safe mode by hitting F8 at
startup. The administrator logon will be one of the options. 

-- 
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"winUser" <winUser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:8447E2AA-D8AD-4B61-A684-6169C00235D9@microsoft.com...
>I am trying to install Antivirus software on my machine but the 
>installation
> fails with an error message that the user does not have administrator 
> rights.
> The user I am loged on as is the only user for the machine and also 
> belongs
> to the administrators group. I tried creating a new user with admin rights
> but I still get the message.
>

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