On 14 Nov 2017 16:45:01 GMT, KenK wrote:

I tried to remone a startup program with msconfig and XP told me I had to
be administrator to do so. The system was a gift so I don't know which
choice was administrator. One is guest, the other two are the previous
owner's and his wife. I am using the previous owner choice when the system
starts.

Now what? His wife? Doubtful. Can I make myself administrator? I need to
remove that app and many others.

TIA

I get that message all the time and I am the administrator. It goes
ahead and does the change after I ignore the message.
You can go look at "users" and see what your authority is.
There are also crack disks out there that will lever up all of the
passwords. I use them when I get a "gift" without any idea of what the
administrator PW is. I may have a disk image here somewhere if you
can't find one.