Floppy drive access

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 05/23/04 

Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 12:54:57 -0700

well it almost sounds like your user account is setup as
a "Power user", which is like an administrator however you
cannot make system wide changes.
You can varify this by going into Control Panel, If you
see User Accounts and Administrator Tools than the current
Profile which you are under is the Administrator.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi
>Recently, for no particular reason, i seem to have lost
>access to my floppy and CD drive. I am the only account
>holder (guest account is turned off) on my home puter,
>yet it tells me that I need the administrator to allow me
>access to these drives. Having read notes here about
>logging on to the administrator account, i attemtped to
>do that (ctrl alt del x 2). It wouldnt allow me access,
>stating that it was 'due to account restrictions'. I've
>looked at the microsoft site to try and find the answer,
>but i'm a very basic user, and most of the terminology is
>lost on me. I bought the computer new, have Windows XP,
>office 2000 and Norton Security Proffesional installed
>(which thinks i AM the administrator). I'm stumped. Can
>anyone please help?
>.
>

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