Administrator Problems

[Darren Greenwood]

I keep getting the error message "access denied ! please
log in with administrator privelages and try again" when
i try to run a game on my computer

There is only one account on the computer and it is a
computer admin account and the guest account is turned
off.

I get the same message if I try to make another computer
admin account.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

[rifleman]

[This followup was posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers and a
copy was sent to the cited author.]

In article >, greener_2
@hotmail.com says...
> I keep getting the error message "access denied ! please
> log in with administrator privelages and try again" when
> i try to run a game on my computer
>
> There is only one account on the computer and it is a
> computer admin account and the guest account is turned
> off.
>
> I get the same message if I try to make another computer
> admin account.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated
>
Are you SURE you are logged-in as Administrator and NOT as a user CALLED
"Administrator"? What version of XP have you got?

BTW if you ARE logged in as Administrator, it is a very bad thing to use
the Administrator account for daily use. Set up a user account, give it
administrator rights, and use that. If your log-in goes belly up, and
you are using the Administrator Account only, then you're stuffed. The
only way to get into your PC then would be by doing a repair install of
XP.
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[Peter Hutchison]

On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 21:43:58 -0700, "Darren Greenwood"
> wrote:

>I keep getting the error message "access denied ! please
>log in with administrator privelages and try again" when
>i try to run a game on my computer
>
>There is only one account on the computer and it is a
>computer admin account and the guest account is turned
>off.
>
>I get the same message if I try to make another computer
>admin account.
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated

Boot into Safe Mode and use the builtin 'Administrator' user to
reset passwords.

Peter Hutchison
Windows FAQ
http://www.pcguru.plus.com/