How do I install software

[Guest]

I tried to install some software on Windows XP Home Edition and it said to
use "Admin". Can anyone tell me how to do this?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I tried to install some software on Windows XP Home Edition and it
said to use "Admin". Can anyone tell me how to do this?

Can you be more specific with the software you are trying to install?

The only way to be logged into Windows XP Home with the "true" administrator
account is to be in safe mode - but i would doubt the legitimacy of any
software that would require that.

 

[Newbie Coder]

Elaine,

It means you have to login to the computer as the administrator who has
unrestrictive access to the machine

 

[Bob I]

You sure it wasn't "with Admin privileges" or rights? That is a frequent
requirement to successfully install most software.

 

[Guest]

Can you tell me how to get "with Admin privileges" or rights? This is just
my home computer.....

 

[Guest]

Shenan, this is software related to a $300 digital camera I bought. Now I am
scared to install it...

 

[Guest]

Newbie, can you give me the steps to login as the administrator who has
unrestrictive access to the machine? This is just a home computer...

 

[Bob I]

You most likely are logging in with Admin rights, unless you are using
the guest account. Just go ahead and install.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I tried to install some software on Windows XP Home Edition and it
said to use "Admin". Can anyone tell me how to do this?

Can you be more specific with the software you are trying to
install?

The only way to be logged into Windows XP Home with the "true"
administrator account is to be in safe mode - but i would doubt the
legitimacy of any software that would require that.

Shenan, this is software related to a $300 digital camera I bought.
Now I am scared to install it...

You still have avoided the question of, "What software is this?"...
What is it called? What camera is it for? Is it even 'necessary'?

What is the exact message you get when trying to install it?

Do the following:

Start button --> RUN --> type in:

cmd /k net localgroup administrators

--> click OK. Is your name listed in there?

Also...

Start button --> RUN --> type in:

winver

--> click OK. What version of Windows (Top picture should tell you Home
Edition or something like that) and patch level (line that starts with
Version 5.1 (...)) are you running?

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

You most likely are logging in with Admin rights, unless you are using
the guest account. Just go ahead and install.

And if she can't follow those simple instructions, I'm gonna call the
PC Police and have her computer taken away from her.

She's not smart enough to be operating one.

 

[HeyBub]

Shenan, this is software related to a $300 digital camera I bought.
Now I am scared to install it...

I would be too. If it's an HP camera, the software is god-awful. Don't
install the software.

The camera will work fine without it.

 

[Guest]

I thought this was a forum to help those who don't understand and need
assistance. By your comment "Uncle Grumpy" it appears I am out of my league
here. I won't be back....

 

[Bob I]

Elaine,

This isn't a forum, it is a publicly accessible newsgroup and as such
anyone and everyone can post whatever they wish. You can even post
through google groups if you wish. Not unlike posting a comment on the
wall at the bus stop shelter. Don't take it personally.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I thought this was a forum to help those who don't understand and need
assistance.

Indeed it is.

By your comment "Uncle Grumpy" it appears I am out of my league
here. I won't be back....

This a newsgroup, and it's a public place, where anyone can post,
unfortunately even those as rude as Uncle Grumpy."

No, you're not out of your league here, and please don't think that we
are all the same as Uncle Grumpy. The world is like that; although
most people are polite and kind, you find occasional people like Uncle
Grumpy, who aren't here to be helpful but to get their jollies by
insulting others.