administrative rights

[Guest]

I loaded a program, (peachtree) it will not open. double clicking does
nothing, right click open nothing. peachtree said I don't have admin
rights?? I am the only admininistrator in the PC. This started I think
with that service pack2 I cannot disk defrag, or add/remove programs
either. HELP please. I am running XP pro.

 

[JW]

right click My Computer and select Manage.
Click Users and Groups.
Double click Groups. Double click Administrators.

What username do you log in with ?
Is the username you log in with included in this list ?



I loaded a program, (peachtree) it will not open. double clicking does
nothing, right click open nothing. peachtree said I don't have admin
rights?? I am the only admininistrator in the PC. This started I think
with that service pack2 I cannot disk defrag, or add/remove programs
either. HELP please. I am running XP pro.

 

[Guest]

My username is in the list under administrators, but the software I installed also >says that I must have administrator rights to enter the key code. I also have >Windows XP pro. So now what do I do?

 

[JW]

The only 2 things i can think of are
(1) something (maybe a worm, Trojan, virus, hacker, or other infection)
corrupted a privilege or access right that Administrator previously had but
no longer has, or corrupted a Registry or GPO entry,
or (2) the Administrator referred to by the application is not the
Administrator referred to by XP Pro, such as an application that has it's
own Administrator (for the application itself), that is separate from the OS
Administrator.

Could the message be referring to a feature of the app called
"Administrator" ?

My username is in the list under administrators, but the software I

installed also >says that I must have administrator rights to enter the key
code. I also have >Windows XP pro. So now what do I do?

 

[Guest]

right clicking and manage on my computer did nothing. just like the other
things I can't do. I start/ran control userpasswords2 there are 3
accounts. I changed all passwords, logged on as all three, NO luck. any
suggestions?

 

[JW]

The only 2 things i can think of are
(1) something (maybe a worm, Trojan, virus, hacker, or other infection)
corrupted a privilege or access right that Administrator previously had but
no longer has, or corrupted a Registry or GPO entry,
or (2) the Administrator referred to by the application is not the
Administrator referred to by XP Pro, such as an application that has it's
own Administrator (for the application itself), separate from the XP
Administrator.

You need to run good anti-virus and anti-spyware programs to investigate #
1. You need to call your software vendor or read the application help file
to investigate # 2.


message right clicking and manage on my computer did nothing. just like the other
things I can't do. I start/ran control userpasswords2 there are 3
accounts. I changed all passwords, logged on as all three, NO luck. any
suggestions?