Windows XP

I have WIndows XP installed on my laptop, i jsut noticed that anytime i try
to change something in the msconfig, it tells me that i have to logoff and
logon as admin, to change this.. i am the only one that uses this laptop,
how can i go about fixing this? im told this only afte ri try to apply any
changes.

eckrichco
Mon Jan 07 20:04:00 PST 2008

With the windows operating system thier are user accounts with administrative
privleges, & then thiers the "administrator".The account(s) are
diffrent.For youre
problem(s),tap the F8 key on start up,select safe mode,enter xp in
administrator
account...Or,if you want to edit services,go to run,type:services.msc Double
click on one,select the properties

"larry petrilla" wrote:

> I have WIndows XP installed on my laptop, i jsut noticed that anytime i try
> to change something in the msconfig, it tells me that i have to logoff and
> logon as admin, to change this.. i am the only one that uses this laptop,
> how can i go about fixing this? im told this only afte ri try to apply any
> changes.
>

larrypetrilla
Mon Jan 07 20:39:02 PST 2008

ty, i tried that somewhere else and it did not work for me at all..


"Andrew E." wrote:

> With the windows operating system thier are user accounts with administrative
> privleges, & then thiers the "administrator".The account(s) are
> diffrent.For youre
> problem(s),tap the F8 key on start up,select safe mode,enter xp in
> administrator
> account...Or,if you want to edit services,go to run,type:services.msc Double
> click on one,select the properties
>
> "larry petrilla" wrote:
>
> > I have WIndows XP installed on my laptop, i jsut noticed that anytime i try
> > to change something in the msconfig, it tells me that i have to logoff and
> > logon as admin, to change this.. i am the only one that uses this laptop,
> > how can i go about fixing this? im told this only afte ri try to apply any
> > changes.
> >

larrypetrilla
Mon Jan 07 20:57:01 PST 2008

lol, just a bit premature on my last post on this topic.. click on what??
change properties for what?
what service woudl control that part of this?
i understand what you mean now.


"Andrew E." wrote:

> With the windows operating system thier are user accounts with administrative
> privleges, & then thiers the "administrator".The account(s) are
> diffrent.For youre
> problem(s),tap the F8 key on start up,select safe mode,enter xp in
> administrator
> account...Or,if you want to edit services,go to run,type:services.msc Double
> click on one,select the properties
>
> "larry petrilla" wrote:
>
> > I have WIndows XP installed on my laptop, i jsut noticed that anytime i try
> > to change something in the msconfig, it tells me that i have to logoff and
> > logon as admin, to change this.. i am the only one that uses this laptop,
> > how can i go about fixing this? im told this only afte ri try to apply any
> > changes.
> >

Just
Mon Jan 07 21:13:25 PST 2008

Go to control panel...user accounts....make a *new* account, and this time
give it administrator privileges. Then log onto to that account, and if you
want to, delete your present account so the new one is the only account on
the PC.


"larry petrilla" <larrypetrilla@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CB711880-29BE-4A1D-A34B-8A0863F75301@microsoft.com...
>I have WIndows XP installed on my laptop, i jsut noticed that anytime i try
> to change something in the msconfig, it tells me that i have to logoff and
> logon as admin, to change this.. i am the only one that uses this laptop,
> how can i go about fixing this? im told this only afte ri try to apply any
> changes.
>

larrypetrilla
Mon Jan 07 21:41:02 PST 2008

tried that.. that was someone of a headache..
and it did NOT fix the problem.

"Just.some.guy" wrote:

> Go to control panel...user accounts....make a *new* account, and this time
> give it administrator privileges. Then log onto to that account, and if you
> want to, delete your present account so the new one is the only account on
> the PC.
>
>
> "larry petrilla" <larrypetrilla@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CB711880-29BE-4A1D-A34B-8A0863F75301@microsoft.com...
> >I have WIndows XP installed on my laptop, i jsut noticed that anytime i try
> > to change something in the msconfig, it tells me that i have to logoff and
> > logon as admin, to change this.. i am the only one that uses this laptop,
> > how can i go about fixing this? im told this only afte ri try to apply any
> > changes.
> >
>
>
>

Alias
Tue Jan 08 03:21:42 PST 2008

larry petrilla wrote:
> I have WIndows XP installed on my laptop, i jsut noticed that anytime i try
> to change something in the msconfig, it tells me that i have to logoff and
> logon as admin, to change this.. i am the only one that uses this laptop,
> how can i go about fixing this? im told this only afte ri try to apply any
> changes.
>

What are you trying to change in MSCONFIG?

Alias

Just
Tue Jan 08 03:29:57 PST 2008


"Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message news:flvmc6$5jq$1@aioe.org...
> larry petrilla wrote:
>> I have WIndows XP installed on my laptop, i jsut noticed that anytime i
>> try to change something in the msconfig, it tells me that i have to
>> logoff and logon as admin, to change this.. i am the only one that uses
>> this laptop, how can i go about fixing this? im told this only afte ri
>> try to apply any changes.
>
> What are you trying to change in MSCONFIG?
>
> Alias

Alias...why wouldn't what I suggested work? When *I* had a problem with
administrator privileges, that's what worked for me.

larrypetrilla
Tue Jan 08 03:47:02 PST 2008

anything, it does this for everything

"Alias" wrote:

> larry petrilla wrote:
> > I have WIndows XP installed on my laptop, i jsut noticed that anytime i try
> > to change something in the msconfig, it tells me that i have to logoff and
> > logon as admin, to change this.. i am the only one that uses this laptop,
> > how can i go about fixing this? im told this only afte ri try to apply any
> > changes.
> >
>
> What are you trying to change in MSCONFIG?
>
> Alias
>

Alias
Tue Jan 08 03:50:07 PST 2008

Just.some.guy wrote:
> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message news:flvmc6$5jq$1@aioe.org...
>> larry petrilla wrote:
>>> I have WIndows XP installed on my laptop, i jsut noticed that anytime i
>>> try to change something in the msconfig, it tells me that i have to
>>> logoff and logon as admin, to change this.. i am the only one that uses
>>> this laptop, how can i go about fixing this? im told this only afte ri
>>> try to apply any changes.
>> What are you trying to change in MSCONFIG?
>>
>> Alias
>
> Alias...why wouldn't what I suggested work? When *I* had a problem with
> administrator privileges, that's what worked for me.
>
>

I asked because I thought maybe there might be a virus or malware that
is preventing him from using MSCONFIG.

Alias

larrypetrilla
Tue Jan 08 03:49:01 PST 2008

dont know, but when i did just that, it was the same thing. so, it must have
been just a bit different in your case.


"Just.some.guy" wrote:

>
> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message news:flvmc6$5jq$1@aioe.org...
> > larry petrilla wrote:
> >> I have WIndows XP installed on my laptop, i jsut noticed that anytime i
> >> try to change something in the msconfig, it tells me that i have to
> >> logoff and logon as admin, to change this.. i am the only one that uses
> >> this laptop, how can i go about fixing this? im told this only afte ri
> >> try to apply any changes.
> >
> > What are you trying to change in MSCONFIG?
> >
> > Alias
>
> Alias...why wouldn't what I suggested work? When *I* had a problem with
> administrator privileges, that's what worked for me.
>
>
>

Just
Tue Jan 08 03:56:59 PST 2008


"Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message news:flvo1g$cmd$1@aioe.org...
> Just.some.guy wrote:
>> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:flvmc6$5jq$1@aioe.org...
>>> larry petrilla wrote:
>>>> I have WIndows XP installed on my laptop, i jsut noticed that anytime i
>>>> try to change something in the msconfig, it tells me that i have to
>>>> logoff and logon as admin, to change this.. i am the only one that
>>>> uses this laptop, how can i go about fixing this? im told this only
>>>> afte ri try to apply any changes.
>>> What are you trying to change in MSCONFIG?
>>>
>>> Alias
>>
>> Alias...why wouldn't what I suggested work? When *I* had a problem with
>> administrator privileges, that's what worked for me.
>
> I asked because I thought maybe there might be a virus or malware that is
> preventing him from using MSCONFIG.
>
> Alias

Cool, but I what I meant was there was some reason that what I suggested did
NOT work?

VanguardLH
Tue Jan 08 08:08:04 PST 2008

"larry petrilla" wrote in message
news:CB711880-29BE-4A1D-A34B-8A0863F75301@microsoft.com...
> I have WIndows XP installed on my laptop, i jsut noticed that
> anytime i try
> to change something in the msconfig, it tells me that i have to
> logoff and
> logon as admin, to change this.. i am the only one that uses this
> laptop,
> how can i go about fixing this? im told this only afte ri try to
> apply any
> changes.


Ignore the warning. It is caused by other security software installed
on your system. It makes you think that your changes will not be
effected when you restart Windows - but they will. So make your
changes, ignore/close the message, exit msconfig, and reboot (and
after you login then select the checkbox to not show msconfig alert
dialog again). The changes will be effected despite the misleading
message.