Access is denied

F

Fred Jacobowitz

I am logged in as the administrator (XP Pro Service Pack 2).
Start->Administrative Tools->Services.

I receive the dialog box
c:\windows\system32\services.msc

c:\windows\system32\services.msc
Access is Denied

When I log in as myself (member of administrators) all works fine.
What is wrong?
Thank you,
Fred Jacobowitz
 
K

Kelly

Depends on many things, Fred. For starters:

Run Ad-Aware SE, Spybot, CWShredder and HijackThis:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html

Note: Update the first two programs, once installed, before running.

Free Online Virus Scan
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp

Secondly, again depending - do some reading here:



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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
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F

Fred Jacobowitz

Kelly,
When I run
%SystemRoot%\system32\services.msc /s

I get the same results. Thank you for responses. I am running ad-aware SE
and Symantec anti-virus.
Fred Jacobowitz
 
F

Fred Jacobowitz

I can't figure it out. I turned on audit privlege use "Failure" and
captured this entry in the event log.

The administrator and administrators have full control of the objects in
windows\system32.

Curious though - under c:\documents and settings i have the following
folders
Administrator
Administrator.MICRON
ADMINI~1~MIC
Fred
Mara
Leah.MICRON

and the 'active' directory when i log as administrator is
Administrator.MICRON (based on date modified)
By the way, MICRON is the Computer Name.

Perhaps this is causing my problems?

Event Type: Failure Audit
Event Source: Security
Event Category: Privilege Use
Event ID: 577
Date: 4/25/2005
Time: 11:26:48 AM
User: MICRON\Administrator
Computer: MICRON
Description:
Privileged Service Called:
Server: Security
Service: -
Primary User Name: Administrator
Primary Domain: MICRON
Primary Logon ID: (0x0,0x13FF10)
Client User Name: -
Client Domain: -
Client Logon ID: -
Privileges: SeTcbPrivilege

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
 
F

Fred Jacobowitz

Sorry I left out the message in the event log


Fred Jacobowitz said:
I can't figure it out. I turned on audit privlege use "Failure" and
captured this entry in the event log.
Click to expand...

Event Type: Failure Audit
Event Source: Security
Event Category: Privilege Use
Event ID: 577
Date: 4/25/2005
Time: 11:26:48 AM
User: MICRON\Administrator
Computer: MICRON
Description:
Privileged Service Called:
Server: Security
Service: -
Primary User Name: Administrator
Primary Domain: MICRON
Primary Logon ID: (0x0,0x13FF10)
Client User Name: -
Client Domain: -
Client Logon ID: -
Privileges: SeTcbPrivilege

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
This article goes on to say this was fixed in service pack 2. I am running
service pack 2.
 
K

Kelly

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