Re: Administrator cannot access registry or uninstall programs

From: Tin (oe_at_fawcette.com)
Date: 06/04/04 

Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 13:06:13 -0700

my experience with user is that they don't give me the specific message of
the error and that's hard to work with. especially when i'm working
remotely.
could yo please give me the specific message.?

here's how to check to see if you have admin privilege on that machine:

in control panel, user accounts ---
or right click on my computer, select manage
go to Local users and groups
go to groups
double click on administrators group. make sure your account is in there.

"Meri Masters" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1877401c44a62$fd58eb50$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> I am having a mental block on how to access certain areas
> of my computer as the administrator. I am the only user
> on a computer with Windows XP professional installed and
> my user profile shows that I am the administrator,
> however, I am unable to uninstall certain programs or
> even backup my registry because access is denied by the
> administrator.
>
> I don't recall putting restrictions on these areas when
> installing XP Professional and nowhere in my literature
> am I able to find out how to change the security level to
> allow my access. Shouldn't access be automatic since I
> am designated as the administrator when I am logged on?
>
> I cannot install a new version of VirusScan because the
> uninstall program will not completely remove an older
> version and I cannot access the registry.
>
> I appreciate your help with this. I recently lost my
> husband who was really the person behind the more
> technical aspect of our system. Since his death, the
> stress I'm dealing with is probably causing me to forget
> or miss something very obvious. I'm not usually this
> blank...
>
> Prior to upgrading to XP Professional, our computers were
> networked for our home business and both running Windows
> 98. His computer retained the Windows 98 operating
> system and he was never added as a user on this desktop.
> I still have issues with the LAN and other problems as a
> result of my upgrade and will address those another
> time...
>
> Many Thanks

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