Guest Steve T Posted September 8, 2007 Posted September 8, 2007 Related to above post of "won't boot again" but a separate question. I am the Administrator on a PC. I am the only user listed in the User Accounts. When I check on the Welcome screen it states that I am logged in as Administrator and yet when I try to run Guided Help in Auto mode for a "clean boot" I still get an error message that I do not have rights to change items in the System Configuration Utility and the Guide cannot continue. How many ways are there to logon as Administrator? When XP Home was initially setup, there was no specific Administrator name or password entered. I never had this problem before when I used msconfig to use Selective Startup. I have always been able to install programs and change parameters without this error message. What am I missing with this Administrator title? Thank you, Steve T.
Guest Andrew E. Posted September 8, 2007 Posted September 8, 2007 RE: Administrator question Depending on what youre specifically trying to do in windows,thier are "administrators" & then thier is the "administrator" the s makes alot of diffrence in windows OS.. "Steve T" wrote: > Related to above post of "won't boot again" but a separate question. I am > the Administrator on a PC. I am the only user listed in the User Accounts. > When I check on the Welcome screen it states that I am logged in as > Administrator and yet when I try to run Guided Help in Auto mode for a > "clean boot" I still get an error message that I do not have rights to > change items in the System Configuration Utility and the Guide cannot > continue. How many ways are there to logon as Administrator? When XP Home > was initially setup, there was no specific Administrator name or password > entered. I never had this problem before when I used msconfig to use > Selective Startup. I have always been able to install programs and change > parameters without this error message. What am I missing with this > Administrator title? Thank you, Steve T. > > >
Guest Malke Posted September 8, 2007 Posted September 8, 2007 Re: Administrator question Steve T wrote: > Related to above post of "won't boot again" but a separate question. I am > the Administrator on a PC. I am the only user listed in the User Accounts. > When I check on the Welcome screen it states that I am logged in as > Administrator and yet when I try to run Guided Help in Auto mode for a > "clean boot" I still get an error message that I do not have rights to > change items in the System Configuration Utility and the Guide cannot > continue. How many ways are there to logon as Administrator? When XP Home > was initially setup, there was no specific Administrator name or password > entered. I never had this problem before when I used msconfig to use > Selective Startup. I have always been able to install programs and change > parameters without this error message. What am I missing with this > Administrator title? Thank you, Steve T. > > Andrew E. is a troll and you can safely ignore anything he says. There is no difference between the built-in Administrator account and other user accounts with administrative privileges in XP. Your issue has been seen many times when HP printer software is installed. Since the changes made using the System Configuration Utility (msconfig) occur even with the error message, I would just ignore the message unless you don't want to use the HP printer any more. If this isn't your issue and you don't have an HP printer, then something else is going on. It could be caused by malware or by a corrupted profile. There is no way for me to tell from your post. Do the normal first and second steps of troubleshooting: The First Question Of Troubleshooting: what changed between the time things worked and the time they didn't? The Second Question of Windows Troubleshooting: what is the malware/virus status of the machine? If you think it is clean, what programs (and versions) did you use to determine this? Be sure the computer is clean: http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers http://www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Guest Nightowl Posted September 8, 2007 Posted September 8, 2007 Re: Administrator question Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Fri, 7 Sep 2007: >When I check on the Welcome screen it states that I am logged in as >Administrator and yet when I try to run Guided Help in Auto mode for a >"clean boot" I still get an error message that I do not have rights to >change items in the System Configuration Utility and the Guide cannot >continue. Further to what Malke said about HP printer software, McAfee is also known to cause the msconfig error message. -- Nightowl
Guest Steve T Posted September 8, 2007 Posted September 8, 2007 Re: Administrator question I had a problem with malware a while back where I kept getting a popup across my desktop linking me to some Italian(?) site or something and went through the whole process of Ad-Aware,Spybot,Super-Anti, and running MultiAV as was suggested by Malke and others. Nothing was ever found until I re-installed ZoneAlarm Pro and it prompted me when an .exe file was trying to access the internet. That was the culprit and I deleted it without any further problems. I think it has been about a month since that occurred. I somehow finally got the Gateway to boot normally late last night after running the Guided Help for a clean boot, even though I still kept getting the error message that I did not have Admin rights. I have not attempted to boot it up yet today. I do have an HP printer, a Deskjet 932C; that is shared with 2 other PC's via Network Magic. I will boot the Gateway today and run all of the above malware programs again and see what happens. Thank you for reminding me. Steve T. "Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message news:s5zeCiCFHt4GFwVW@black.hole... > Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Fri, 7 Sep 2007: > >>When I check on the Welcome screen it states that I am logged in as >>Administrator and yet when I try to run Guided Help in Auto mode for a >>"clean boot" I still get an error message that I do not have rights to >>change items in the System Configuration Utility and the Guide cannot >>continue. > > Further to what Malke said about HP printer software, McAfee is also known > to cause the msconfig error message. > > -- > Nightowl
Guest Steve T Posted September 8, 2007 Posted September 8, 2007 Re: Administrator question Forgot to mention that the printer is about 6-7 years old. Have not had any new printer software installed and the offending malware file that ZoneAlarm Pro found last time was "isys32.exe". Steve T. "Steve T" <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote in message news:eYALegk8HHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >I had a problem with malware a while back where I kept getting a popup >across my desktop linking me to some Italian(?) site or something and went >through the whole process of Ad-Aware,Spybot,Super-Anti, and running >MultiAV as was suggested by Malke and others. Nothing was ever found until >I re-installed ZoneAlarm Pro and it prompted me when an .exe file was >trying to access the internet. That was the culprit and I deleted it >without any further problems. I think it has been about a month since that >occurred. I somehow finally got the Gateway to boot normally late last >night after running the Guided Help for a clean boot, even though I still >kept getting the error message that I did not have Admin rights. I have not >attempted to boot it up yet today. I do have an HP printer, a Deskjet 932C; >that is shared with 2 other PC's via Network Magic. I will boot the Gateway >today and run all of the above malware programs again and see what happens. >Thank you for reminding me. Steve T. > "Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message > news:s5zeCiCFHt4GFwVW@black.hole... >> Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Fri, 7 Sep 2007: >> >>>When I check on the Welcome screen it states that I am logged in as >>>Administrator and yet when I try to run Guided Help in Auto mode for a >>>"clean boot" I still get an error message that I do not have rights to >>>change items in the System Configuration Utility and the Guide cannot >>>continue. >> >> Further to what Malke said about HP printer software, McAfee is also >> known to cause the msconfig error message. >> >> -- >> Nightowl > >
Guest Steve T Posted September 9, 2007 Posted September 9, 2007 Re: Administrator question I posted this same reply above under "won't boot again". Hope I don't mess up any cross-posting rules. No luck in the normal boot yet. I can Safe Boot but that's it. I have run Ad-Aware, Spybot, SuperAnti and Multi_AV in Safe Mode with only one tracking cookie found by AA. I just tried Safe Boot with Networking and when it prompted for Windows(default), I chose MCE instead. I got an error message that "system32\hal.dll is corrupt or missing" and MCE cannot start. How can I repair/replace hal.dll? I have the same file on my other two PC's. Is it a simple copy or do I need to download the file from somewhere? A link at Doug Knox's website says it has software to repair hal.dll but that doesn't sound right. Any ideas? Thanks, Steve T. "Steve T" <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote in message news:eDzVtnk8HHA.5316@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Forgot to mention that the printer is about 6-7 years old. Have not had > any new printer software installed and the offending malware file that > ZoneAlarm Pro found last time was "isys32.exe". Steve T. > "Steve T" <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote in message > news:eYALegk8HHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>I had a problem with malware a while back where I kept getting a popup >>across my desktop linking me to some Italian(?) site or something and went >>through the whole process of Ad-Aware,Spybot,Super-Anti, and running >>MultiAV as was suggested by Malke and others. Nothing was ever found until >>I re-installed ZoneAlarm Pro and it prompted me when an .exe file was >>trying to access the internet. That was the culprit and I deleted it >>without any further problems. I think it has been about a month since that >>occurred. I somehow finally got the Gateway to boot normally late last >>night after running the Guided Help for a clean boot, even though I still >>kept getting the error message that I did not have Admin rights. I have >>not attempted to boot it up yet today. I do have an HP printer, a Deskjet >>932C; that is shared with 2 other PC's via Network Magic. I will boot the >>Gateway today and run all of the above malware programs again and see what >>happens. Thank you for reminding me. Steve T. >> "Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message >> news:s5zeCiCFHt4GFwVW@black.hole... >>> Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Fri, 7 Sep 2007: >>> >>>>When I check on the Welcome screen it states that I am logged in as >>>>Administrator and yet when I try to run Guided Help in Auto mode for a >>>>"clean boot" I still get an error message that I do not have rights to >>>>change items in the System Configuration Utility and the Guide cannot >>>>continue. >>> >>> Further to what Malke said about HP printer software, McAfee is also >>> known to cause the msconfig error message. >>> >>> -- >>> Nightowl >> >> > >
Guest Nightowl Posted September 9, 2007 Posted September 9, 2007 Re: Administrator question Steve, please see my reply under "Won't boot again". Steve T <stumas@NOBINGOcharter.net> wrote on Sun, 9 Sep 2007: >I posted this same reply above under "won't boot again". Hope I don't mess >up any cross-posting rules. >No luck in the normal boot yet. I can Safe Boot but that's it. I have run >Ad-Aware, Spybot, SuperAnti and Multi_AV in Safe Mode with only one tracking >cookie found by AA. I just tried Safe Boot with Networking and when it >prompted for Windows(default), I chose MCE instead. I got an error message >that "system32\hal.dll is corrupt or missing" and MCE cannot start. How can >I repair/replace hal.dll? I have the same file on my other two PC's. Is it a >simple copy or do I need to download the file from somewhere? A link at Doug >Knox's website says it has software to repair hal.dll but that doesn't sound >right. Any ideas? Thanks, Steve T. -- Nightowl
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