techman Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 aajr use these instructions to log on to the built in administrator account. As long has you didn't set a password none will be needed. See if you can install imgburn from that account for all users http://www.2000trainers.com/windows-xp/acc...welcome-screen/
aajr Posted October 28, 2008 Author Posted October 28, 2008 <br />aajr use these instructions to log on to the built in administrator account. As long has you didn't set a password none will be needed. See if you can install imgburn from that account for all users<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.2000trainers.com/windows-xp/access-the-xp-administrator-account-from-the-welcome-screen/" target="_blank">http://www.2000trainers.com/windows-xp/acc...welcome-screen/</a><br /><br /><br /><br /> Techman~ thanks for suggestion but I was only able to get the Windows Task Manager screen when I followed the instructions at the link you provided. Perhaps this is because I do not have a "shared multi-user system'' as called for in directions on linked page. ("If you
techman Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 (edited) did you log out of windows before you tried to get the log on box? well if that don't work you can just use the user accounts to make a new administrator account log on to it and try to install from there. maybe this link will help to setup a new admin account http://kb.iu.edu/data/arnd.html Edited October 28, 2008 by techman
aajr Posted October 30, 2008 Author Posted October 30, 2008 <br />did you log out of windows before you tried to get the log on box?<br />well if that don't work you can just use the user accounts to make a new administrator account log on to it and try to install from there.<br /><br />maybe this link will help to setup a new admin account <br /><br /><a href="http://kb.iu.edu/data/arnd.html" target="_blank">http://kb.iu.edu/data/arnd.html</a><br /><br /><br /><br /> techman~ Yes I logged out of Windows first. I made a new Administrator account but still received Access denied message. I also tried to restore the original ImgBurn program which was .backed up on an external drive. It installed to the C:/Program Files destination folder but when I tried to run it I again received Access denied message. I then re-installed ImgBurn to Desktop folder and it runs fine.
aajr Posted October 31, 2008 Author Posted October 31, 2008 <br /><img src="style_emoticons/default/sad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="sad.gif" /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Techman~ thanks for your many suggestions and links - aajr
techman Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 your welcome aajr. If I come up with something else short of a reinstall will let you know
LIGHTNING UK! Posted October 31, 2008 Posted October 31, 2008 aajr, Why do none of your quotes / posts work properly? They all contain html stuff for some reason. Which browser are you using and which editor are you using for creating your post? (Quick/Normal/Rich Edit)
aajr Posted October 31, 2008 Author Posted October 31, 2008 <br />aajr,<br /><br />Why do none of your quotes / posts work properly?<br /><br />They all contain html stuff for some reason. <br /><br />Which browser are you using and which editor are you using for creating your post? (Quick/Normal/Rich Edit)<br /><br /><br /><br /> Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3
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