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From: 66oldgit on 21 Mar 2010 12:45 Hi can anyone tell me how to get this right, on start up today a message offerered an update on 'real player so i clicked on it and d/ loaded vers 11,but when i tried to install, message said i dont have admin rights to access the registry, install aborted. a/vir is clear, so any advice plese. thanx Don
From: JD on 22 Mar 2010 14:52 On 21/03/2010 4:45 PM, 66oldgit wrote: > Hi can anyone tell me how to get this right, on start up today a > message offerered an update on 'real player so i clicked on it and d/ > loaded vers 11,but when i tried to install, message said i dont have > admin rights to access the registry, install aborted. a/vir is clear, > so any advice plese. thanx Don 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
From: 66oldgit on 22 Mar 2010 16:28 On Mar 22, 6:52 pm, JD <No.Re...(a)Sorry.com> wrote: > On 21/03/2010 4:45 PM, 66oldgit wrote: > > > Hi can anyone tell me how to get this right, on start up today a > > message offerered an update on 'real player so i clicked on it and d/ > > loaded vers 11,but when i tried to install, message said i dont have > > admin rights to access the registry, install aborted. a/vir is clear, > > so any advice plese. thanx Don > > 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 gotXP pro looked in users,i am listed as computer administrator under my name.got asp.net,'limited' and guest, with just running. d/l 'as show a freeware video player which seems to work, tho' not as classy as Real. while writing this d/l fromrealplayer.com again. it all showed as coming over, then an 'installing' box which ran for three mins whilst showing ads and thenZapp alll went blank Looked in 'Downloads' folder and no show of anything.! Maybe ill find it on a disc off a mag sometime and try again, but thanx for help Don
From: JD on 24 Mar 2010 16:18 On 22/03/2010 8:28 PM, 66oldgit wrote: > On Mar 22, 6:52 pm, JD<No.Re...(a)Sorry.com> wrote: >> On 21/03/2010 4:45 PM, 66oldgit wrote: >> >>> Hi can anyone tell me how to get this right, on start up today a >>> message offerered an update on 'real player so i clicked on it and d/ >>> loaded vers 11,but when i tried to install, message said i dont have >>> admin rights to access the registry, install aborted. a/vir is clear, >>> so any advice plese. thanx Don >> >> 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 > > gotXP pro looked in users,i am listed as computer administrator under > my name.got asp.net,'limited' and guest, with just running. > d/l 'as show a freeware video player which seems to work, tho' not as > classy as Real. while writing this d/l fromrealplayer.com again. it > all showed as coming over, > then an 'installing' box which ran for three mins whilst showing ads > and thenZapp > alll went blank Looked in 'Downloads' folder and no show of anything.! > Maybe ill find it on a disc off a mag sometime and try again, but > thanx for help Don I was fixing someone's PC last night and I encountered what seems like the same problem you had/have. it turns out he had Microsoft's Security Essentials installed and when I went to run a program (for password recovery) it gave me a message about not having admin rights to run it, the program was flagged as mallicious/untrusted and the AV package was blocking it, you can disable the active checking or allow the program which will let you run/install it but I would not recommend doing this! so I reckon it may be anti-virus software if you have it that's giving you this problem (and if it is then there's probably a good reason for it) JD
From: Colin Trunt on 5 Apr 2010 22:13
"JD" <No.Reply(a)Sorry.com> wrote in message news:4baa737c$0$2522$da0feed9(a)news.zen.co.uk... > On 22/03/2010 8:28 PM, 66oldgit wrote: >> On Mar 22, 6:52 pm, JD<No.Re...(a)Sorry.com> wrote: >>> On 21/03/2010 4:45 PM, 66oldgit wrote: >>> >>>> Hi can anyone tell me how to get this right, on start up today a >>>> message offerered an update on 'real player so i clicked on it and d/ >>>> loaded vers 11,but when i tried to install, message said i dont have >>>> admin rights to access the registry, install aborted. a/vir is clear, >>>> so any advice plese. thanx Don >>> >>> 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 >> >> gotXP pro looked in users,i am listed as computer administrator under >> my name.got asp.net,'limited' and guest, with just running. >> d/l 'as show a freeware video player which seems to work, tho' not as >> classy as Real. while writing this d/l fromrealplayer.com again. it >> all showed as coming over, >> then an 'installing' box which ran for three mins whilst showing ads >> and thenZapp >> alll went blank Looked in 'Downloads' folder and no show of anything.! >> Maybe ill find it on a disc off a mag sometime and try again, but >> thanx for help Don > > I was fixing someone's PC last night and I encountered what seems like the > same problem you had/have. > > it turns out he had Microsoft's Security Essentials installed and when I > went to run a program (for password recovery) it gave me a message about > not having admin rights to run it, the program was flagged as > mallicious/untrusted and the AV package was blocking it, you can disable > the active checking or allow the program which will let you run/install it > but I would not recommend doing this! > > so I reckon it may be anti-virus software if you have it that's giving you > this problem (and if it is then there's probably a good reason for it) > > JD Had asimilar problem when making changes to start-up programs via msconfig "An access denied error was returned whilst attempting to change a service. You may need to log on using an Administrator account...." Maybe you could making a change to a startup program (click then unclick so not change is made) then clcik apply and see if you get the error. I have googled this and found some odd 'solutions' (don't work for me) but several results suggest an antivirus may be the culprite. IT is suggested it tries to stop viruses turning off the AV, however the changes are applied despite what the error message says. Not fixed it yet though. |