no rights to open programs

[TonyTiger]

I´ve got a PC for my childrens and somehow they´ve change the rights to open
programs. Nothing is openable because I´ve got no rights to open the program.
I can´t install anything, I can´t open the admin rights (don´t know the
english translation) in the control panel so I can´t really do anything.

Two questions - how do I get control over the programs again (admin rights?)
and how do I prevent from doing this again?

Thanx
/Tony

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

I would guess you have a Home edition of XP, and your kids discovered the
"Administrator" account available on the Welcome sign-in screen. You boot to
Safe Mode by pressing F8 several times during the 'black screen' portion of
a restart. Unless the little devils put a password on that account, you can
use it with a blank password to re-elevate your normal user account back to
admin status (in control panel/user accounts app) Even if it's passsworded,
there is a CD you can download and burn that will boot to a prompt that lets
you blank it.

Offline NT password utility: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Make their accounts Limited, and put a password on the Administrator
account. If they complain that their apps don't run, install those apps to
the ".../All Users/Shared Documents" folder set. (start/run, type:
%allusersprofile% )
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[TonyTiger]

Thanks for your answer. Yes, it´s XP home edition and I´ve reached and
changed the password, and so the rights for the C: maps, BUT, when I logon as
a usual user I still can´t open any files. The respond is (translating from
swedish) : It was not possible to get the unit, pathway(shortcut) or file.
Perhaps you don´t have the right rights to get the object.

This happens everywhere, shortcuts, programs and everything... but not when
I login as you told me to (F8 and admin).

Should I create a new account to reach these files or is it possible to
retrieve them somehow?

//Thanx Tony

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Q308421 - HOW TO Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q308421

Use that safe mode admin account to add that user to the C: drive

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[TonyTiger]

Sweet!

Everything is running smoothly!!

/Cheers from a happy Tiger...