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lostinmame@wilderness.com - 22 Mar 2008 11:50 GMT

I am running ms config and I uncheck certain programs to run in startup but
when I say ok xp says access denied and that I may need to be an
administrator to change it. The account I am using has full access so it
should be an administrator account. Anyone have any idea of why this is
being reported

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Olórin - 25 Mar 2008 10:57 GMT

> I am running ms config and I uncheck certain programs to run in
> startup but when I say ok xp says access denied and that I may need
> to be an administrator to change it. The account I am using has full
> access so it should be an administrator account. Anyone have any
> idea of why this is being reported

First off, verify whether or not the account you are using does or does not
have administrator rights - based on checking, rather than on what it
"should" be. Look in Control Panel > User Accounts for this - it'll say
there if the account is an administrator.

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lostinmame@wilderness.com - 25 Mar 2008 11:56 GMT

it is a home computer. it is the primary account that was created when the
operating system was re installed and I have not changed any operator
rights.

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Olórin - 25 Mar 2008 15:29 GMT

>>>lostinmame@wilderness.com wrote:
>>> I am running ms config and I uncheck certain programs to run in
>>> startup but when I say ok xp says access denied and that I may need
>>> to be an administrator to change it. The account I am using has full
>>> access so it should be an administrator account. Anyone have any
>>> idea of why this is being reported

>> First off, verify whether or not the account you are using does or does
>> not
>> have administrator rights - based on checking, rather than on what it
>> "should" be. Look in Control Panel > User Accounts for this - it'll say
>> there if the account is an administrator.

>lostinmame@wilderness.com wrote:
> it is a home computer. it is the primary account that was created
> when the operating system was re installed and I have not changed any
> operator rights.

If XP is reporting that you may "need to be an administrator" to do what
you're trying, it's worth the few clicks to actually, concretely confirm
your assumption that your account *does* have admin rights.

Alternatively (but why?) try making your msconfig changes whilst logged in
with the built-in "administrator" account - if you're running XP Home you'll
need to boot to Safe Mode to be able to achieve this. See if it'll let you
do it there.

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