Not logged as administrative user

[Jim]

I read where one should not operate from your administrative user account
because of security concerns. Therefore, I created a second login account
with limited permissions but then erased it when I discovered it was a pain
to set it up with my email addresses and such. Now I get a warning that I
cannot make changes to the STARTUP list using MSCONFIG.
I am told to go to the administrative user account but I am already there.
What do I do?

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

I read where one should not operate from your administrative user
account because of security concerns.

That's correct.

Therefore, I created a second
login account with limited permissions but then erased it when I
discovered it was a pain to set it up with my email addresses and such.
Now I get a warning that I cannot make changes to the STARTUP list
using MSCONFIG. I am told to go to the administrative user account but
I am already there. What do I do?

That problem is caused by poor third-party software.
http://www.oregontechsupport.com/support/windows_xp/
http://forums.zonelabs.com/zonelabs/board/message?board.id=win_za_msgs&message.id=11470