Re: Administrator and System Rights
From: Alaa Abdelhalim [MSFT] (alaa_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/12/03
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:40:26 -0700
Yes, you can log on as *the* "Administrator" in 2 ways:
1. When you boot into safe mode, the "Administrator" account is shown in the
UI. The password is blank since you weren't prompted to set one up at setup
(you can change it if you like, but blank passwords are only good for logon
at the console in XP Home)
2. In regular boot mode, when you get to the Welcome Screen just press
Ctrl+Alt+Del twice. This will show you the classic Windows Logon dialog
where you can enter any username you want, including Administrator.
For your specific problem, I recommend that you use option#2 to log on as
Administrator and try installing the package. If this succeeds, it could
mean that the application installer is incorrectly checking for
administrative rights by verifying that you are "Administrator" rather than
someone who belongs to the Administrators group. At this point, you can
contact the application vendor and report this problem to them to be fixed
in future releases.
Thank you
-- Alaa Abdelhalim [MSFT] ----- This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Please do not send e-mail directly to this alias. This alias is for newsgroup purposes only. "Cory Bocach" <cb29@attbi.com> wrote in message news:05a501c3305d$ec041c50$a101280a@phx.gbl... > I'm logged in as the "Computer Administrator." Am I able > to login as "Administrator" in some capacity? I saw > another post saying the you can login as "Administrator" > by pressing F8 at startup and launching into safe mode. > If that's the case, is there a password associated with > that login? > > Understandable with the security package, I just wasn't > sure whether there was a similar feature in XP Home. > > Thanks! > > >-----Original Message----- > >Which user are you logged on as when you try to install > these applications? > >You should be logged on as the administrative user during > install to avoid > >these errors. > > > >Regarding the Local Security Policy snap-in, I believe > it's not available in > >XP Home but rather in XP Pro and higher only. (Remember > that Windows 2000 > >line started with the Pro SKU anyway) > > > > > >-- > >Alaa Abdelhalim [MSFT] > >----- > >This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and > confers no rights. > >Please do not send e-mail directly to this alias. This > alias is for > >newsgroup purposes only. > > > > > > > >"Cory Bocach" <cb29@attbi.com> wrote in message > >news:022201c33041$116ed6f0$a301280a@phx.gbl... > >> I have 1 user on my XP Home install that is the Computer > >> Administrator. However, I am trying to install Norton > >> Antivirus and it is throwing an error telling me that I > >> must have administrator rights to have access to the > >> correct logs files and have them be "writable." > >> > >> I know in Windows 2000 you have the ability to assign > >> system rights via the Local Security Policies. Is > there a > >> way to do that in XP Home? I've gotten messages from > Easy > >> CD Creator as well, telling me to login as a user with > >> administrator rights to complete the install. > >> > >> Is this a defect within XP Home? > >> > >> Any help is much appreciated. Thanks. > > > > > >. > >
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