Re: Access denied. Program not recognizing administrator privileges.

From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox@mvps.org)
Date: 12/23/02


From: "Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@mvps.org>
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 23:44:21 -0500

Brad,

Sure, you can send me the RegMon log. Send it to feedback@dougknox.com, Subject: Regmon Log.

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"Brad" <lykspittle@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:O8Auj0jqCHA.436@TK2MSFTNGP12...
> It's got to be a registry problem. The game is Battlefield 1942 by
> Electronic Arts. Would it be possible to send you a log of the registry
> output? It's not very lengthy. I have no idea what the jargon means. Do you
> think it's a registry type problem or the administrator issue? I saw your
> utility for adding the admin to startup but couldnt get it to work. Thanks
> for your continued help.
> 
> 
> "Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:#TzUyHiqCHA.2516@TK2MSFTNGP09...
> Brad,
> 
> If the program is successful in creating the files it needs, I would run
> RegMon again, and watch for registry Writes, specifically, that fail.
> Without knowing the program in question, its hard to be more specific.
> 
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> "Brad" <lykspittle@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:ez8pjjhqCHA.2492@TK2MSFTNGP10...
> > Doug, thanks for the quick reply. I forgot to mention that I had created a
> > user profile with administrator privileges apart from "Administrator"
> which
> > I only know how to access in Safe Mode. Apparently the two are different.
> > Anyhow, I used both suggested programs (FileMon and RegMon) and the
> program
> > in question appears to be doing it's job. It looks for files, if not there
> > it attempts to create them, and checks again until "success" is obtained.
> On
> > processes where a failure occurs, they are always temp files in the path
> of
> > my user account. The program makes many attempts to fix this and
> eventually
> > it does, so without knowing anything about this, the progression doesn't
> > seem out of the ordinary, though the problems are probably there. Logging
> in
> > as Administrator (safe mode), which is hidden on normal boots, I could not
> > install nor run the previously installed program. An email to the company
> > tech support think i have installation problems (which I don't) and
> advised
> > me to delete my windows profile and login as the default Windows XP user
> > "Owner" *shrug*
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@mvps.org> wrote in message
> > news:uhy8cQfqCHA.868@TK2MSFTNGP12...
> > Its possible.  It depends on what's happening when the program runs for
> the
> > first time.  It could be trying to write to a part of the Registry that
> even
> > Admins don't have permissions to, by default.
> >
> > One tool that can help in this is RegMonNT, from www.sysinternals.com
> > Load the Regmonnt program and then launch the application that you're
> having
> > trouble with.  You'll see the Registry Read/Write activity, and you can
> > adjust the filters to reduce the clutter.
> >
> > It could also be a file system/Permissions issue.  SysInternals also has a
> > FileMon utilty for NT based systems.
> >
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> > Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
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> >
> > "Brad" <lykspittle@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:#A4TMLfqCHA.2492@TK2MSFTNGP10...
> > > This might be the game's problem and not XP's but here goes. I am the
> only
> > > user of my computer (thus the administrator) and I installed the game
> with
> > > no problems. Upon running the game, a message pops up: Access denied.
> > Please
> > > login with administrator privileges and try again. I've tried taking
> > control
> > > of the files and same thing. I've created a new administrator and I get
> > the
> > > same message. If I was able to install the program, shouldn't I be able
> to
> > > execute it?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> 
> 


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