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From: Colin Trunt on 9 Apr 2010 04:58 "66oldgit" <66oldgit(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message news:6ae8449d-0ae2-4af1-bda1-a33998b86eb0(a)r27g2000yqn.googlegroups.com... On Apr 8, 6:39 pm, "Colin Trunt" <co...(a)trunt.com> wrote: > "Colin Trunt" <co...(a)trunt.com> wrote in message > > news:5vovn.652170$DL1.548940(a)newsfe25.ams2... > > > > > > > > > "66oldgit" <66old...(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message > >news:dd9d5d2c-32b0-407c-92a1-d19bd746ac27(a)i25g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... > > On Apr 7, 4:43 pm, "Colin Trunt" <co...(a)trunt.com> wrote: > >> "JD" <No.Re...(a)Sorry.com> wrote in message > > >> >>> Hi Don > > >> >>> Which version of windows are you using ? > > >> >>> If it is Win7/Vista: > >> >>> then even if you are an administrator sometimes you have to right > >> >>> click the installer/application and select "Run as Administrator" > > >> >>> If it is XP: > >> >>> then you may be running as a limited user, if this is the case then > >> >>> you should start in safe mode and select the administrator account > >> >>> (if > >> >>> it is XP home there should be no password) then go to control > >> >>> pannel, > >> >>> User's, and change your username to a Administrator account. > > >> >>> JD > > >> PRopblem disappars in diagnostic mode > > tried that, but it still says i dont have admin rights to the > > Registry, so think i will have to find a prog that will restore a > > previous vers. oddy when i did a restore to about 4 weeks ago, the > > previos vers of realplayer was there, but not working. think ill call > > it a day ,thanx > > Are you the administrator? > What is your login? > > > > cant remember if,when i reinstaled xp about 2yrs ago if it asked for one THEN, however i have never had a p/w to logon to my computer. not sure, if i have one inadvertedly, if i can delete it in user accounts. hth Don
From: Colin Trunt on 9 Apr 2010 04:59 "Colin Trunt" <colin(a)trunt.com> wrote in message news:qoGvn.5917$5x6.962(a)newsfe04.ams2... > > "66oldgit" <66oldgit(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message > news:6ae8449d-0ae2-4af1-bda1-a33998b86eb0(a)r27g2000yqn.googlegroups.com... > On Apr 8, 6:39 pm, "Colin Trunt" <co...(a)trunt.com> wrote: >> "Colin Trunt" <co...(a)trunt.com> wrote in message >> >> news:5vovn.652170$DL1.548940(a)newsfe25.ams2... >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > "66oldgit" <66old...(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message >> >news:dd9d5d2c-32b0-407c-92a1-d19bd746ac27(a)i25g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... >> > On Apr 7, 4:43 pm, "Colin Trunt" <co...(a)trunt.com> wrote: >> >> "JD" <No.Re...(a)Sorry.com> wrote in message >> >> >> >>> Hi Don >> >> >> >>> Which version of windows are you using ? >> >> >> >>> If it is Win7/Vista: >> >> >>> then even if you are an administrator sometimes you have to right >> >> >>> click the installer/application and select "Run as Administrator" >> >> >> >>> If it is XP: >> >> >>> then you may be running as a limited user, if this is the case >> >> >>> then >> >> >>> you should start in safe mode and select the administrator account >> >> >>> (if >> >> >>> it is XP home there should be no password) then go to control >> >> >>> pannel, >> >> >>> User's, and change your username to a Administrator account. >> >> >> >>> JD >> >> >> PRopblem disappars in diagnostic mode >> > tried that, but it still says i dont have admin rights to the >> > Registry, so think i will have to find a prog that will restore a >> > previous vers. oddy when i did a restore to about 4 weeks ago, the >> > previos vers of realplayer was there, but not working. think ill call >> > it a day ,thanx >> >> Are you the administrator? >> What is your login? >> >> >> >> > > cant remember if,when i reinstaled xp about 2yrs ago if it asked for > one THEN, however i have never had a p/w to logon to my computer. not > sure, if i have one inadvertedly, if i can delete it in user accounts. > hth Don Loost at user accounts in control panel and see what logins you have. > >
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