Re: Logging onto XP as administrator

From: Shenan T. Stanley (news_helper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 12/06/03 

Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 06:50:36 -0600

Johnny <> wrote:
> I am in the process of installing an updated Canon printer
> driver for XP. The instructions state I need to go into
> safe mode, log on as administrator, then restart the
> computer, and when the computer restarts, go into Windows
> and install the driver. The question is: When I restart
> the computer after I have logged on as administrator, does
> the computer remain logged on as administrator even though
> I am being instructed to restart the computer after I have
> done so? This is confusing me!!

I bet the instructions just "mean" you need to be a computer administrator
to install. 

--
Shenan Stanley
"Just trying to help"

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