"You do not have the authority" - ???

[Guest Tony Meloche]

I am the only user of my computer, since the day it came out of the box,

and Control Panel/User Accounts verifies that I am the

owner/administrator. (There are no other user accounts except the

disabled "Guest" which appears to be a Windows default to be used if

needed). But when I try to schedule Avast! to run automatically at a

given time, it requires a "password". When I put one it, it refuses it:

"You do not have administrative rights on this computer". I've tried

doing it both through Windows task scheduler and Avast's resident

scheduler - same result. This may look a lot like another thread here

today, but it hasn't been discussed specifically that I can see, and I

didn't want to hijack another thread. I tried the TweakUI logon thing,

but that blue-screened me (first time ever), and I undid it as soon as I

was back up. In any other similar situation I have had, the computer

always recognizes me as the Administrator. Solutions?

 

Many thanks,

 

Tony

 

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[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: "You do not have the authority" - ???

 

Does your Day-to-Day Administrator account use a password ? If

not then add one. Then do your scheduling with that account name

and password.

 

"Tony Meloche" <labombarda@hollow.oak> wrote in message

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>I am the only user of my computer, since the day it came out of the box,

>and Control Panel/User Accounts verifies that I am the owner/administrator.

>(There are no other user accounts except the disabled "Guest" which appears

>to be a Windows default to be used if needed). But when I try to schedule

>Avast! to run automatically at a given time, it requires a "password".

>When I put one it, it refuses it: "You do not have administrative rights on

>this computer". I've tried doing it both through Windows task scheduler

>and Avast's resident scheduler - same result. This may look a lot like

>another thread here today, but it hasn't been discussed specifically that I

>can see, and I didn't want to hijack another thread. I tried the TweakUI

>logon thing, but that blue-screened me (first time ever), and I undid it as

>soon as I was back up. In any other similar situation I have had, the

>computer always recognizes me as the Administrator. Solutions?

>

> Many thanks,

>

> Tony

>

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[Guest FrankV]

Re: "You do not have the authority" - ???

 

Go to microsoft.com and search for "You do not have administrative rights

on this computer". It will list the reasons for this. You should find the

solution you need.

 

Frank

 

"Tony Meloche" <labombarda@hollow.oak> wrote in message

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>I am the only user of my computer, since the day it came out of the box,

>and Control Panel/User Accounts verifies that I am the owner/administrator.

>(There are no other user accounts except the disabled "Guest" which appears

>to be a Windows default to be used if needed). But when I try to schedule

>Avast! to run automatically at a given time, it requires a "password".

>When I put one it, it refuses it: "You do not have administrative rights on

>this computer". I've tried doing it both through Windows task scheduler

>and Avast's resident scheduler - same result. This may look a lot like

>another thread here today, but it hasn't been discussed specifically that I

>can see, and I didn't want to hijack another thread. I tried the TweakUI

>logon thing, but that blue-screened me (first time ever), and I undid it as

>soon as I was back up. In any other similar situation I have had, the

>computer always recognizes me as the Administrator. Solutions?

>

> Many thanks,

>

> Tony

>

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[Guest Tony Meloche]

Re: "You do not have the authority" - ???

 

FrankV wrote:

> Go to microsoft.com and search for "You do not have administrative rights

> on this computer". It will list the reasons for this. You should find the

> solution you need.

>

> Frank

 

 

 

Thanks, Frank - that did give me more info, but I cannot get past this

point:

 

To schedule the task, I must fill out the password box, which says

"Administrator" (me)/Tonys (the computer "name"). I put in a passsword

and re-type it, hit "enter" and I still get the message: You do not

have the right", etc.

 

Tony

 

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[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: "You do not have the authority" - ???

 

"Tony Meloche" <labombarda@hollow.oak> wrote in message

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> FrankV wrote:

>> Go to microsoft.com and search for "You do not have administrative

>> rights on this computer". It will list the reasons for this. You should

>> find the solution you need.

>>

>> Frank

>

>

>

> Thanks, Frank - that did give me more info, but I cannot get past this

> point:

>

> To schedule the task, I must fill out the password box, which says

> "Administrator" (me)/Tonys (the computer "name"). I put in a passsword

> and re-type it, hit "enter" and I still get the message: You do not have

> the right", etc.

 

Does the *account* actually have that password? that is the key point.

In the scheduler, you enter the *account* password, which must not be blank.

 

If the account doesn't have a password and you enter one in the scheduler...

it won't work.

 

HTH

-pk

>

> Tony

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[Guest Tony Meloche]

Re: "You do not have the authority" - ???

 

Patrick Keenan wrote:

> "Tony Meloche" <labombarda@hollow.oak> wrote in message

> news:1204679137_860@news.newsfeeds.com...

>> FrankV wrote:

>>> Go to microsoft.com and search for "You do not have administrative

>>> rights on this computer". It will list the reasons for this. You

>>> should find the solution you need.

>>>

>>> Frank

>>

>>

>>

>> Thanks, Frank - that did give me more info, but I cannot get past this

>> point:

>>

>> To schedule the task, I must fill out the password box, which says

>> "Administrator" (me)/Tonys (the computer "name"). I put in a

>> passsword and re-type it, hit "enter" and I still get the message:

>> You do not have the right", etc.

>

> Does the *account* actually have that password? that is the key

> point. In the scheduler, you enter the *account* password, which must

> not be blank.

>

> If the account doesn't have a password and you enter one in the

> scheduler... it won't work.

>

> HTH

> -pk

 

As usual, you hit it in the nose Patrick - no, I have never used a

password - don't like dealing with one for the computer itself, as I am

the only person who ever uses this machine. Now I *understand* why it

didn't work, and I appreciate that.

 

TOny

 

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[Guest VanguardLH]

Re: "You do not have the authority" - ???

 

"Tony Meloche" wrote in message

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>

> Patrick Keenan wrote:

>>

>> Does the *account* actually have that password? that is the key

>> point. In the scheduler, you enter the *account* password, which

>> must not be blank.

>

> As usual, you hit it in the nose Patrick - no, I have never used a

> password - don't like dealing with one for the computer itself, as I

> am the only person who ever uses this machine. Now I *understand*

> why it didn't work, and I appreciate that.

 

You might also want to give kudos to McCarty who gave you the same

solution some 6 hours earlier.

[Guest Gordon]

Re: "You do not have the authority" - ???

 

"Tony Meloche" <labombarda@hollow.oak> wrote in message

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> As usual, you hit it in the nose Patrick - no, I have never used a

> password - don't like dealing with one for the computer itself, as I am

> the only person who ever uses this machine.

 

You may be the only *user* of the machine, but are you the only one who

might have *access* to it? Do you have private data on the machine? If yes,

then you might want to re-visit the fact that you do not use passwords.

[Guest Tony Meloche]

Re: "You do not have the authority" - ???

 

VanguardLH wrote:

> "Tony Meloche" wrote in message news:1204689276_625@news.newsfeeds.com...

>>

>> Patrick Keenan wrote:

>>>

>>> Does the *account* actually have that password? that is the key

>>> point. In the scheduler, you enter the *account* password, which must

>>> not be blank.

>>

>> As usual, you hit it in the nose Patrick - no, I have never used a

>> password - don't like dealing with one for the computer itself, as I

>> am the only person who ever uses this machine. Now I *understand* why

>> it didn't work, and I appreciate that.

>

> You might also want to give kudos to McCarty who gave you the same

> solution some 6 hours earlier.

>

 

????? No slight to McCarty intended, but I did not see that reply on my

server.

 

Tony

 

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[Guest Gordon]

Re: "You do not have the authority" - ???

 

"Tony Meloche" <labombarda@hollow.oak> wrote in message

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>

> ????? No slight to McCarty intended, but I did not see that reply on my

> server.

>

 

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