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Lynn

Hi
Am I right in thinking that in Xp Home edition if you just start your
machine and work away, you are in effect the Administrator without actually
telling XP. I am the only one that uses the laptop so haven't set anything
up with regards to accounts but was worried that I wouldn't be getting the
Administrator rights that I see such a lot written about.
I have also tried to install a couple of progs on my laptop which I have on
my Desktop PC but have had no luck up to now as when they were put into my
PC which is running W98SE they straight away started up and I just followed
the instructions for the installation. That isn't happening when I put the
CDs into my laptop with XP Home installed. I have looked on the CD in the
drive but can't fathom which .exe I should be using to install. Any help
much appreciated.
 
Hi Lynn,

You will be considered the default user and will have Admin rights until you
actually setup user accounts (nothing says you have to).

If the installer fails, look on the CD for autorun.inf, right click it and
choose install. Or, see if there is a setup.exe file, that is normally the
one you want.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
 
Rick "Nutcase" Rogers said:
Hi Lynn,

You will be considered the default user and will have Admin rights until you
actually setup user accounts (nothing says you have to).

If the installer fails, look on the CD for autorun.inf, right click it and
choose install. Or, see if there is a setup.exe file, that is normally the
one you want.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



Lynn said:
Hi
Am I right in thinking that in Xp Home edition if you just start your
machine and work away, you are in effect the Administrator without actually
telling XP. I am the only one that uses the laptop so haven't set anything
up with regards to accounts but was worried that I wouldn't be getting the
Administrator rights that I see such a lot written about.
I have also tried to install a couple of progs on my laptop which I have on
my Desktop PC but have had no luck up to now as when they were put into my
PC which is running W98SE they straight away started up and I just followed
the instructions for the installation. That isn't happening when I put the
CDs into my laptop with XP Home installed. I have looked on the CD in the
drive but can't fathom which .exe I should be using to install. Any help
much appreciated.
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Thanks Rick I'll have another look on the CD, never had this problem with
W98SE so I'm finding it really frustrating.
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