Denied Admin priviledges even though I'm signed on as admin

From: Kool-Aide (koolaide2000_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/15/03


Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 00:09:20 -0700


You can try making another account besides administrator
and giving that account administrator access by going to
control panel and clicking user accounts. Then after you
click make new account give the account administrator
privledges. If that doesn't work I don't know what else to
say... kinda tired I am about to go to bed. Hope that
helps.

>-----Original Message-----
>I have just installed XP Pro, I created a password & have
>signed on by typing administrator and entering password
>at the Welcome screen by pressing Alt-Ctrl-del twice.
>When I try to install software example: a popup stopper
>and Netscape 7.2 or Acrobat Reader I get error saying I
>don't have permission to install software. I have also
>tried to find the elusive "security tab" that grants
>permission to users by right clicking a file,properties,
>But it is not listed. I also turned off "Simple file
>sharing" that didn't cause the security tab to appear
>either. Also when I installed XP I wasn't given any
>security options to choose for admin.
>During install I was only given 2 file systems to choose
>from NTFS quick or NTFS slow. I checked in My Computer &
>it shows that I have NTFS.
>this is a full version of XP Pro with a clean install.
>I am tempted to try reinstalling, but have already
>activated via online, but never saw a large set of
>numbers to write down as opposed to phone activation. Are
>these numbers neccessary to reinstall?
>Can anyone help me with this problem?
>I would like to finish installing my software so that I
>can get on with work.
>Thank You!
>.
>



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