Guest Pops Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 Last plea for help before I attempt a reinstall.. Windows XP Home, SP2 Appears to boot normally, AVG and ZoneAlarm connect to the internet and update. But I have no access to any application. Error reads: "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item." But I am the administrator! Can open explorer and navigate through the file system and even delete files. Can access it from my other networked machines (so I have been able to backup my files). Have googled for a solution but the IE7 problem shouldn't affect me, I use Firefox. Any and all help appreciated. Cheers, Pete
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 Re: Computer appears to boot normally, but no access to applications?! "Pops" <popshome@notthisbit.blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:Xns9972476FFEA1POPS@194.117.143.37... > Last plea for help before I attempt a reinstall.. > > Windows XP Home, SP2 > > Appears to boot normally, AVG and ZoneAlarm connect to the internet and > update. But I have no access to any application. Error reads: "Windows > cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the > appropriate permissions to access the item." > > But I am the administrator! Have you tried uninstalling IE Enhanced Security from control panel\add-remove programs\Windows Components? Have you tried logging in from another account? Do apps run from there? If you create a new account via the real Administrator account, in Safe Mode, and log into it, do apps run from there? HTH -pk > > Can open explorer and navigate through the file system and even delete > files. Can access it from my other networked machines (so I have been > able > to backup my files). > > Have googled for a solution but the IE7 problem shouldn't affect me, I use > Firefox. > > Any and all help appreciated. > > Cheers, > > Pete
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