Re: Access denied. Program not recognizing administrator privileges.
From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox@mvps.org)
Date: 12/23/02
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From: "Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@mvps.org> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 16:22:12 -0500
This was only possible in 9x systems. I'm still looking into this.
-- Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com -------------------------------- Associate Expert ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. "Brad" <lykspittle@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:el4zJ1qqCHA.2496@TK2MSFTNGP12... > Doug, > > EA Tech support says I should delete all user accounts and logon with no > username and password. No explanation why I should be doing this. Any ideas? > > > > "Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@mvps.org> wrote in message > news:#A7mw3jqCHA.2396@TK2MSFTNGP10... > Brad, > > Sure, you can send me the RegMon log. Send it to feedback@dougknox.com, > Subject: Regmon Log. > -- > Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display > Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes > http://www.dougknox.com > -------------------------------- > Associate Expert > ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone > -------------------------------- > Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. > > "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. > > > > -- > > Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display > > Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes > > http://www.dougknox.com > > -------------------------------- > > Associate Expert > > ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone > > -------------------------------- > > Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > > Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. > > > > "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. > > > > > > -- > > > Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display > > > Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes > > > http://www.dougknox.com > > > -------------------------------- > > > Associate Expert > > > ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone > > > -------------------------------- > > > Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > > > Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. > > > > > > "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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