Re: Administrator Privileges

Steve O. wrote:
I have xp pro and administrator privileges and after installing
Fisher Price FP3 player and click on the store icon, i get a
message that i need to register the software and when i proceed i
get another message saying that i do not have administrative
privileges.

Any ideas to fix this issue?

Shenan Stanley wrote:
If you feel your topic is relevant to more than one newsgroup in
the future - please learn to cross-post as opposed to multi-posting.

Contact the manufacturer of said software.

Make sure you are a member of the local administrators group...

Start button --> RUN --> cmd --> OK

net localgroup administrators
<enter>

Is your username listed? If not (or if you cannot run the
command) --> then you are not logged in with administrative
privileges.

Steve O. wrote:
I did what you said and I am listed. Any other suggestions?


Still the same:
"Contact the manufacturer of said software."

If you have been able to install applications in the past, can still install
applications now and this is the only software you are having issues with -
then the trouble most likely lies with the software in question and not
within Windows XP itself.

You *could* attempt to log in as the ACTUAL administrator - the one with the
username 'administrator'... Dependent on what operating system you are
running...

Windows XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional Edition (or superset -
which is basically all other versions of Windows XP)?

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