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Can't install anything w/ my main XP account
« on: February 16, 2010, 03:45:53 PM »

For some reason, I can no longer install programs with my primary XP account.  It says it is an administrator and that it has the ability to install programs.  But, double clicking the Google earth setup file says otherwise.  Same for all other program installation files.  It says "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file.  You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item."

But, I can go to my admin XP account and install files.  That is what I did w/ Google Earth.  I don't understand why all of a sudden my other administrator account can not install programs.  In the user accounts under control panel it says it is still an administrator account with the ability to install programs.  I have also tried moving the install files to different places and installing from there with the same results. 

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Re: Can't install anything w/ my main XP account
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2010, 04:07:31 PM »

Could be anything from Group Policy (but I don't you are connecting to a domain controlled network) to a corrupt .ntuser profile.

What happens when you install things by right-clicking and clicking Run As... Admin (which you can do from any account).
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Re: Can't install anything w/ my main XP account
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2010, 04:42:29 PM »

In this account when I right click Run As I get the same message.  I don't get an option to run it as admin.
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Re: Can't install anything w/ my main XP account
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2010, 09:27:56 PM »

the admin account isn't listed? Can you make sure that it is active in the user accounts? also try creating a new admin account.
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Re: Can't install anything w/ my main XP account
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2010, 09:46:19 PM »

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Re: Can't install anything w/ my main XP account
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2010, 03:30:40 AM »

the admin account isn't listed? Can you make sure that it is active in the user accounts? also try creating a new admin account.

At the Welcome screen the original admin account is listed along with my primary account.  Both of them had the exact same abilities.  I wanted to make sure I had a backup. 
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Re: Can't install anything w/ my main XP account
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2010, 03:37:52 AM »

so did you check the user acconts and create a working admin account?
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Re: Can't install anything w/ my main XP account
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2010, 02:13:38 PM »

The original admin account that comes with XP is there and working.  I already checked the user accounts.  This primary one still says it is an admin one and that it has the ability to install programs, even though it won't let me.  I can go into the original admin account though and install things if I want. 
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Re: Can't install anything w/ my main XP account
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2010, 09:58:48 PM »

probably a corrupt profile then. I would just delete the other admin accounts and recreate them
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Re: Can't install anything w/ my main XP account
« Reply #9 on: February 18, 2010, 12:16:57 AM »

That's what I'm doing.  So far so good.  I'm just a bit nervous about forgetting certain files as I move them over.
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