Administrator Problems

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In article <047701c358b0$b00dab00$a601280a@phx.gbl>, greener_2
@hotmail.com says...

> I keep getting the error message "access denied ! please
> log in with administrator privelages and try again" when
> i try to run a game on my computer
>
> There is only one account on the computer and it is a
> computer admin account and the guest account is turned
> off.
>
> I get the same message if I try to make another computer
> admin account.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated
>

Are you SURE you are logged-in as Administrator and NOT as a user CALLED
"Administrator"? What version of XP have you got?

BTW if you ARE logged in as Administrator, it is a very bad thing to use
the Administrator account for daily use. Set up a user account, give it
administrator rights, and use that. If your log-in goes belly up, and
you are using the Administrator Account only, then you're stuffed. The
only way to get into your PC then would be by doing a repair install of
XP.
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