Admin/PC security

[Steve O.]

I have been unsuccesful in installing Fisher Price FP3 Player. It says I do
not have administrator priveleges. Fisher Price just got back to me and said
I have to lower the pc security of the Administrator. I have no idea how to
do that. Is it possible to lower the security level of the pc/administrator?
Once I register this application I can reset the securtiy levels back to
normal. I have Windows XP Professional.

Steve Oakman

[Shenan Stanley]

Steve O. wrote:
> I have been unsuccessful in installing Fisher Price FP3 Player. It
> says I do not have administrator privileges. Fisher Price just got

> back to me and said I have to lower the pc security of the
> Administrator. I have no idea how to do that. Is it possible to
> lower the security level of the pc/administrator? Once I register

> this application I can reset the security levels back to normal. I
> have Windows XP Professional.

Please maintain your conversation's integrity in the future.
Your previous posts can be found here:

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment/browse_thread/thread/9481c73afcbdae70/68d70e2212f6c26e?tvc=2&q=#68d70e2212f6c26e

I have no idea what Fisher Price means by "lower the pc security of the
Administrator" when the administrator of the computer has full control over
the system. Anything done to the administrator can be undone by the
administrator.

Taking your new post to answer an unanswered question from the previous
thread:

Shenan Stanley wrote:
<snip>
> You *could* attempt to log in as the ACTUAL administrator - the one
> with the username 'administrator'... Dependent on what operating
> system you are running...
>
> Windows XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional Edition (or
> superset - which is basically all other versions of Windows XP)?
<snip>

If you reboot and log into the computer as the ACTUAL 'administrator' (If
you come up to the "Welcome" screen - press CTRL+ALT+DEL twice there, then
type in the username 'administrator' and try it with no password UNLESS you
know you have set that password before...) - can you install as that user?

Also - what third party software do you have running to 'protect' your
system? Which Antivirus, Firewall, Antispyware, etc?
Have you looked in the event log to see if the software gives you any other
messages?

Start -> Run -> eventvwr
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427

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