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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: brand on March 05, 2008, 06:33:28 PM

Title: CAN'T ACCESS CONTROL PANEL
Post by: brand on March 05, 2008, 06:33:28 PM

 I have an HP Pavilion m7580n which runs on Windows XP. For a couple months now, after downloading some songs, when I try to get to the control panel I get a message that says I can't do so without administrator approval. Don't have an administrator. It's my own desktop computer and I'm not an a network.

Title: Re: CAN'T ACCESS CONTROL PANEL
Post by: Broni on March 05, 2008, 11:58:35 PM

How is your computer security?

Title: Re: CAN'T ACCESS CONTROL PANEL
Post by: Eg0Death on March 06, 2008, 12:07:42 PM

Sounds like malware has taken up residence on your computer. 

Title: Re: CAN'T ACCESS CONTROL PANEL
Post by: mr_skipper24 on March 06, 2008, 12:40:14 PM

Try to login in safemode and check if you can access the control panel...

if you have a username and password everytime you login to windows...

remove the user account in safemode then reboot the computer and login in normal mode then create a new user account with admin rights