Administrator privileges required

[newboy192]

Hi:

 

I'm a new user and installed ImgBurn this afternoon.

 

However it fails to work on any user account that does not possess adminsitrator privileges - I get the message that "you need admin privileges to use STP1 - No devices detected".

 

I searched the forum and found a thread where somebody has the identical problem, who pointed out that the "workaround" for this issue provided by ImgBurn does not work. (exckoman 12/2/09). He received the suggestion that he modify the registry instead! I can't find any other refrences to this issue on these forums which I find odd as my PC configuration is quite ordinary (see below).

 

Is it really being recommended that users should play around with the registry in order to get this software to work in a normal XP environment?

 

Regards newboy

 

XP Home SP3 ImgBurn 2.4.4.0 Dell Inspirion 3100 Intel

[mmalves]

Have you tried what this post from the FAQ says?

[newboy192]

Dear mmvalves,

 

The fix you refer to does NOT work on XP Home. This is what I sort of referred to in my first post, and is also what the poster in the other thread mentioned and was not happy about. Since then a resounding silence from the software author.

 

I'm astonished by the software authors response to this issue in the FAQ's. Which is DON'T BLAME ME, BLAME MICROSOFT. Exceuse me, but whilst none of us are apologists for Microsoft, Windows XP has worked this way from day zero. ImgBurn has the problem, not Microsoft. Other CD burning software appears to handle security issues adequately in XP so why can't ImgBurn?

[mmalves]

Then use another I/O interface. And other software may work because they aren't using SPTI.

[newboy192]

Ok, I see which way the wind blows here.

 

I'm not rebuilding my (standard) software environment in order to circumvent the deficiencies in this software.

 

I'll just sign off by saying that any prospective user of this software who is browsing this forum should take note, and AVOID THIS PRODUCT AT ALL COSTS AS IT DOES NOT SEEM ABLE TO HANDLE A VANILLA DELL XP HOME PC. DO NOT DONATE.

[Cynthia]

I suggest that you also post the same message to all of those thousands of software programs that follows the same Microsoft standard.

 

A home PC and you can't even be bothered to once login as admin and edit a small line in the Windows registry?

[mmalves]

That you're an idiot we knew since the first post, but telling others "do not donate" makes you a complete asshole, congratulations

[LIGHTNING UK!]

If you can't handle adding a reg key, there's a program called 'FrogRights' that puts a pretty GUI around it.

 

If you want to use SPTI as a non-admin user there's just no way around it.

 

ImgBurn is one of the few programs (especially freeware) that actually does all the drive communication itself... most the others use a 3rd party library which basically makes them glorified wrapper GUI's. They'd have to install a special drivers to bypass the OS's block - something I have no interest in doing (nor do I know how to).

 

There was no need to take a dig at my work. Either you want to use it or you don't. It's no skin off my nose either way.

[eSkRo]

Ok, I see which way the wind blows here.

 

I'm not rebuilding my (standard) software environment in order to circumvent the deficiencies in this software.

 

I'll just sign off by saying that any prospective user of this software who is browsing this forum should take note, and AVOID THIS PRODUCT AT ALL COSTS AS IT DOES NOT SEEM ABLE TO HANDLE A VANILLA DELL XP HOME PC. DO NOT DONATE.

 

this newboy192 dude needs an instant ban

Edited May 4, 2009 by eSkRo

[blutach]

Just another fuckin arsehole, looking for his 15 minutes in the sun eSkRo.

 

Regards

[Shamus_McFartfinger]

Just another dipshit who knows nothing about how their computer and its software actually works. This is another reason why abortion law should be expanded to include those in the 300th trimester.

[dontasciime]

Arrr he does not know Mummy's password, bless.

[Steve100]

Takes all sorts. IMGburn works fine for me on win XP, Vista on PC,s

and laptops inc Dell machines. The only problem was down to me

being not sure about a certain function

 

Steve