trying to install yahoo tool bar its telling me i need to do it from administrative account. please help!?

Answer 1

I assume you are trying to do this from your own computer; you cannot do so on a workstation or a public computer because they are intentionally set up to limit the user's ability to install things and change settings. Otherwise, the computers would be getting messed up all the time.

Administrative accounts are one of the most important differences between the different versions of Windows. WindowsXP is designed so that even a home user has this same protection. Nobody else--usually meaning small children or inexperienced users--can mess things up by putting in programs you don't want or by changing your settings, either accidentally or intentionally.

Windows 2000 and XP have built-in administrative accounts. In WinXP home, this account is "hidden" at startup. The easiest way to get logged in as administrator is to start your computer in safe mode by clicking F8 when the computer is starting up, then selecting Safe Mode. If you do this, the administrator account will appear on the logon screen. You can then login as administrator and do whatever you want, including giving your user account administrative privileges.

Administrator account password: Your administrator account password may have been set when you installed Windows, or if your Windows was preinstalled, it may even have a blank password, or you might have lost the password, which is a whole new, and messy, ball of wax.

Note: many experts are recommending that you do most of your web browsing while you yourself are logged into Windows as a limited user. This helps protect you from some malicious programs, like some of the so-called "drive-by" downloads.

Note also: You are supposed to be able to manage administrator accounts by going to my computer, manage, local users and groups, and either clicking on groups, then administrators, or clicking on users, then your individual account. Then you can make yourself administrator. If Windows won't let you do this in regular mode, you would have to start in safe mode and login as administrator.

Answer 2

Is this your own computer or are you using a public machine? I ask, because on public machines you may not have "administrative privileges". What that means is that not all logins will have the right to install new software.

If this is your own machine at home, can you log in using another username and password that may have administrative privileges?

Answer 3

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