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Account with administrator privileges not acting like administrato
I have Win XP SP2. I have an account called computer2 which has
administrator rights (I double-check this by going to the Control Panel and picking User Accounts - the phrase "Computer administrator" is right under the computer2 account.) But when I log in as computer2, there's a program that won't run correctly. But it WILL run correctly when I log in as administrator. It's probably not important what the program is, but it's called Talking Typer. I've asked its manufacturer why certain commands in Talking Typer don't work right, and they said it's because you have to be logged in as an account that has administrator rights. I tell them that I'm logged in as computer2, and computer 2 has administrator rights. They don't have any answer for this, so I thought I'd check here. Are there any circumstances under which an account with administrator rights doesn't have FULL administrator rights? Or is there any other explanation for this? Thanks. |
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To my knowledge any administrative account looses privileges when a spyware
Trojan in the system has stripped your privileges. You may need to install antispyware programs to get rid of a possible spyware that is causing the problem. Adaware SE Personal Edition, Spybot Search & Destroy, SpywareBlaster and CWShredder are the most recommended antispyware programs. Install them all; in case one of the programs misses the bug another will detect it. http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html --------------------------------- "Carol" escribió en el mensaje ... I have Win XP SP2. I have an account called computer2 which has administrator rights (I double-check this by going to the Control Panel and picking User Accounts - the phrase "Computer administrator" is right under the computer2 account.) But when I log in as computer2, there's a program that won't run correctly. But it WILL run correctly when I log in as administrator. It's probably not important what the program is, but it's called Talking Typer. I've asked its manufacturer why certain commands in Talking Typer don't work right, and they said it's because you have to be logged in as an account that has administrator rights. I tell them that I'm logged in as computer2, and computer 2 has administrator rights. They don't have any answer for this, so I thought I'd check here. Are there any circumstances under which an account with administrator rights doesn't have FULL administrator rights? Or is there any other explanation for this? Thanks. |
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OK, thanks, I'll try it. I re-did the hard drive from that machine a while
ago, and I forgot to install any spyware programs, so thanks for the reminder. "Juan" wrote: To my knowledge any administrative account looses privileges when a spyware Trojan in the system has stripped your privileges. You may need to install antispyware programs to get rid of a possible spyware that is causing the problem. Adaware SE Personal Edition, Spybot Search & Destroy, SpywareBlaster and CWShredder are the most recommended antispyware programs. Install them all; in case one of the programs misses the bug another will detect it. http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html --------------------------------- "Carol" escribió en el mensaje ... I have Win XP SP2. I have an account called computer2 which has administrator rights (I double-check this by going to the Control Panel and picking User Accounts - the phrase "Computer administrator" is right under the computer2 account.) But when I log in as computer2, there's a program that won't run correctly. But it WILL run correctly when I log in as administrator. It's probably not important what the program is, but it's called Talking Typer. I've asked its manufacturer why certain commands in Talking Typer don't work right, and they said it's because you have to be logged in as an account that has administrator rights. I tell them that I'm logged in as computer2, and computer 2 has administrator rights. They don't have any answer for this, so I thought I'd check here. Are there any circumstances under which an account with administrator rights doesn't have FULL administrator rights? Or is there any other explanation for this? Thanks. |
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OK, I installed all four of those programs and ran them. Ad-Aware, the first
one I ran, found 16 problem objects but the others found none. I had Ad-Aware nuke the problem objects, but the problem still remains. Is there any other reason a program wouldn't recognize that an account has administrator privileges? I've now found this program on another computer, using a different account - in both cases, the program (Talking Typer) doesn't recognize that the account has administrator privileges. "Juan" wrote: To my knowledge any administrative account looses privileges when a spyware Trojan in the system has stripped your privileges. You may need to install antispyware programs to get rid of a possible spyware that is causing the problem. Adaware SE Personal Edition, Spybot Search & Destroy, SpywareBlaster and CWShredder are the most recommended antispyware programs. Install them all; in case one of the programs misses the bug another will detect it. http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html --------------------------------- "Carol" escribió en el mensaje ... I have Win XP SP2. I have an account called computer2 which has administrator rights (I double-check this by going to the Control Panel and picking User Accounts - the phrase "Computer administrator" is right under the computer2 account.) But when I log in as computer2, there's a program that won't run correctly. But it WILL run correctly when I log in as administrator. It's probably not important what the program is, but it's called Talking Typer. I've asked its manufacturer why certain commands in Talking Typer don't work right, and they said it's because you have to be logged in as an account that has administrator rights. I tell them that I'm logged in as computer2, and computer 2 has administrator rights. They don't have any answer for this, so I thought I'd check here. Are there any circumstances under which an account with administrator rights doesn't have FULL administrator rights? Or is there any other explanation for this? Thanks. |
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It's to much a coincidence that on both computer the same program causes
that problem; it could be the program is not to be trusted but the antispyware programs should have recognized it as suspicious; If you did not update the anti-spyware programs before you scanned the computer, update them and scan again, if it does not help, modify the administrator or administrative account privileges to the program this way: If you have Windows XP Home Edition logon is Safe Mode; restart the computer and when the first Logo screen appears press F8 a few times at a second intervals and select Safe Mode, if you have XP Professional go to Control Panel\Folder Options\View\go to the bottom of the window and uncheck Use simple file sharing (recommended) this will make the Security tab in programs, folders or file properties. Next in safe mode for Home or normal mode for Professional go to the program folder properties\security\advanced options\select the administrator account and click on Modify and check all privileges in full control (you may have to add the account to be able to renew it's privileges) when all privileges are checked Accept and Apply, then uncheck where it says Inherit from the main object all entries and permissions relative to the secondary objects etc. As the confirmation message appears click on remove, accept and apply everything and exit. This should recover full or total access to the program; if there was no missing privileges to the administrator account in the security tab, the program should be treated as spyware and removed; or if after modifying administrative privileges to full control and later the account looses those privileges again, no doubt will remain that the program itself is the problem and the only way to end it will be to remove it from the system Hope this helps. ----------------------------------------- "Carol" escribió en el mensaje ... OK, I installed all four of those programs and ran them. Ad-Aware, the first one I ran, found 16 problem objects but the others found none. I had Ad-Aware nuke the problem objects, but the problem still remains. Is there any other reason a program wouldn't recognize that an account has administrator privileges? I've now found this program on another computer, using a different account - in both cases, the program (Talking Typer) doesn't recognize that the account has administrator privileges. "Juan" wrote: To my knowledge any administrative account looses privileges when a spyware Trojan in the system has stripped your privileges. You may need to install antispyware programs to get rid of a possible spyware that is causing the problem. Adaware SE Personal Edition, Spybot Search & Destroy, SpywareBlaster and CWShredder are the most recommended antispyware programs. Install them all; in case one of the programs misses the bug another will detect it. http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html --------------------------------- "Carol" escribió en el mensaje ... I have Win XP SP2. I have an account called computer2 which has administrator rights (I double-check this by going to the Control Panel and picking User Accounts - the phrase "Computer administrator" is right under the computer2 account.) But when I log in as computer2, there's a program that won't run correctly. But it WILL run correctly when I log in as administrator. It's probably not important what the program is, but it's called Talking Typer. I've asked its manufacturer why certain commands in Talking Typer don't work right, and they said it's because you have to be logged in as an account that has administrator rights. I tell them that I'm logged in as computer2, and computer 2 has administrator rights. They don't have any answer for this, so I thought I'd check here. Are there any circumstances under which an account with administrator rights doesn't have FULL administrator rights? Or is there any other explanation for this? Thanks. |
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