How can I connect on Windows XP Professional as an administrator?

Something changed my admin password. I am the only owner and user on this laptop...

I get the error of admin rights whenever I make a change to my system programs.

It has probably nothing to do with your password.

The quick check to see if you have administrator privileges is to right-click on 'start '.  If one of the options that appear in the pop-up window is "open all users", then probably have administrator privileges.

To check, the long run is to open a command prompt window (start-> Run-> "cmd") and enter the command:
net localgroup administrators
This will provide a list of all users with administrator privileges.

Even an administrator can be deprived of rights to a file or a directory that can cause the error you receive.  The group administrator has the right to change the rights, however.  It is likely that some malware has gotten into your system and modified access rights of authorization in a directory of keys for the Administrators group.  Try to run a program like Malwarebytes freeware to search for possible infections.

HTH,
JW

Tags: Windows

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