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Feb 1, 2008. Thread Status: Not open for further replies. DasFox Registered Member Joined: May 5, 2006 Posts: 1,825 A friend's box I was working on under msconfig says Access denied, and may need to logon as Admin.
An Access Denied Error Was Returned While Attempting To Change A Service
Funny thing I am logged on to an Admin account and it does let you msconfig access denied xp make changes, but it keeps popping up a message window. http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/4466/68567565jo1.jpg Possible account corruption, how should I fix this? THANKS Last edited by a moderator: Feb 2, 2008 DasFox, Feb 1, 2008 #1 Eagle Creek Global Moderator Joined: Jul 27, 2004 Posts: 734 Location: The Netherlands Hi DasFox, Are you able to make changes if you use a different account (like Administrator, or any account that has administrator rights)? Eagle Creek, Feb 1, 2008 #2 Firebytes Registered Member Joined: May 29, 2007 Posts: 897 DasFox said: A friend's box I was working on under msconfig says Access denied, and may need to logon as Admin. Funny thing I am logged on to an Admin account and it does let you make changes, but it keeps popping up a message window. http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/4466/68567565jo1.jpg Possible account corruption, how should I fix this? THANKSClick to expand... Your friend's computer doesn't happen to have an HP printer installed does it? If so then see this, How to Fix Access Denied Error in MSCONFIG. My father had the same problem on his computer. He could run msconfig but when he changed items in the startup list it would give him the error about needing to be an admin even though he was an admin already. However, it would go ahead and make the changes he had set. The popup was really just an annoyance and didn't really affect anything. The only thing we could find after some research that his PC had in common with other people having the same problem was the HP printer driver issue. Be advised that he did not institute the fix given on the link I gave you which involves editing the registry, so do some more research and use it at your own risk. He basically just decided that no more often than he runs msconfig he could tolerate the popup. Firebytes, Feb 1, 2008 #3 DasFox Registered Member Joined: May 5, 2006 Posts: 1,825 YEAP DAMMM HP Where's my FRIKKIN gun.... THANKS I'll read that to fix it.... DasFox, Feb 1, 2008 #4 DasFox Registered Member Joined: May 5, 2006 Posts: 1,825 # Click on Start, Run #
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