Windows XP Home admin privilege

From: chris brighton (abc_at_xyz.com)
Date: 07/15/03 

Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 05:47:11 -0700

log on as an administrator, create a new account (make it
an administrator too) try it on that acount

>-----Original Message-----
>Thanks Chris
>
>I agree and cannot see how this would be caused by
>changing the floppy.
>
>I suspect a corrupted file caused by the user but can
only
>work with what I am given. The PC has three log on
users,
>two with passords and one without, one password I do not
>have access to, I have checked over the other one of the
>password settings plus the one without; both have
>administrators privilege rights assigned although when I
>try ot access the games I get the log on using admin
>privilege. I had thought before looking it over that
the
>users had been set to limited but not the case.
>
>I will give it a try on a few other ideas but feel that
I
>might need to reformat and was hoping someone had come
>across this before.
>
>Regards
>
>George
>>-----Original Message-----
>>
>>i cant see how replacing a floppy disk drive would
effect
>>this at all... try loggin in as a new user (or possibly
>>the 'administrator' login, no password if its default
>>setting)
>>
>>Chris Brighton
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>I replaced a floppy disk in a computer for a workmate
>>and
>>>it worked fine. Since then he has returned it with
the
>>>problem that his son cannot access games on the
>>machine.
>>>
>>>The error message states:
>>>
>>>Access Denied
>>>
>>>Please log on with administrators privileges and try
>>again.
>>>
>>>I have checked the user account and he has
>>administrators
>>>privileges.
>>>
>>>Any suggestions
>>>.
>>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

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