Can't OpenSCManager 5 when logging in as unprivileged user

[Anders Eriksson]

Hello,

On a Windows XP (SP2) system I get an error message when I login as a
unprivileged user,e.g.Guest.

Moniker
Can't OpenSCManager 5

What is the error?
How do I fix it?

// Anders

 

[Guest]

One of the services that start during the user logon needs administrator
priviledges to run. Go to start/run, and type :
services.msc

Look for some service that failed to start. Setting it to 'manual' instead
of 'automatic' will probably stop the error.

 

[Anders Eriksson]

One of the services that start during the user logon needs administrator
priviledges to run. Go to start/run, and type :
services.msc

Look for some service that failed to start. Setting it to 'manual' instead
of 'automatic' will probably stop the error.

If I start services.msc when logged on as Guest I get this error message:
Unable to open service control manager database on .
Error 5: Access is denied.

If I do it as administrator then no service will fail to start...

How do I fix this?

// Anders

 

[Guest]

There's probably not a fix available. You are probably trying to open an
internet connection with the Guest account, and that is not allowed. The
Guest account can use an existing open connection, not open one. This is
expected behavior, and by design.

 

[Anders Eriksson]

There's probably not a fix available. You are probably trying to open an
internet connection with the Guest account, and that is not allowed. The
Guest account can use an existing open connection, not open one. This is
expected behavior, and by design.

Hello Mark,

So guest is a special account! I didn't know that. I just used it for
testing limited accounts.

I created a new limited account (Named it Test ;-)) and now everything
works!

Thanks for your help!

// Anders