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Swede11

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Question: Please be gentle I’m not to up on this kinda stuff. I have been having permission problems with my computer; it has mostly been with editing photos with Nikon software but now I see its alittle deeper than that. I tried upgrading to Windows 7 and I get the same message that I do not have administrator rights to perform this operation, or something in that effect. I am the only user of this computer and apparently I have hit the wrong button at the right time.
I have 2 questions 1) How do I restore the computer where I can do what ever I want (Become King again- which was probably the start of the problem), could I restore the computer to an earlier date? 2)Could some kind of virus of done this?
Thanks all in advance, I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed when it comes to this stuff!
But would appreciate any help!:sarc:
Swede

 

My Computer

System One

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Thinkpad T400
    CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz
    Motherboard
    LENOVO 64734VM
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    Conexant 20561 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    1x 180GB Intel 530 series SSD
    1 x 120GB Hitachi 5400rmp
    1 x 650GB Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    1x 1Tb Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    Internet Speed
    Medium for New Zealand
    Other Info
    Weakest part of my computer is the graphics chipset.
    Only ever used a laptop.
    Also use USB Freeview TV Card
    Lenovo Docking Station
    External Speakers
    Other bits a pieces as needed
Thanks Mate,
Here's what happens- I can uplaod photos to the computer and do a few things to them in Nikon's software and then all of a sudden the next change and save I get I don't have permission to do this.
Again I don't know to much about computers but when I click on the administrator icon in the star up menu and click properties and check permission I have full permissions along with system.
Swede
 

My Computer

System One

Did taking ownership sort out the problems?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Thinkpad T400
    CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz
    Motherboard
    LENOVO 64734VM
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    Conexant 20561 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    1x 180GB Intel 530 series SSD
    1 x 120GB Hitachi 5400rmp
    1 x 650GB Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    1x 1Tb Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    Internet Speed
    Medium for New Zealand
    Other Info
    Weakest part of my computer is the graphics chipset.
    Only ever used a laptop.
    Also use USB Freeview TV Card
    Lenovo Docking Station
    External Speakers
    Other bits a pieces as needed
I DID NOT do anything, I have always had ownership, on my computer that I'm the only user??
This is about as hard as getting an answer from Nikon
Thanks Pal
Swede
 

My Computer

System One

Being the owner and taking ownership are not the same thing. In Vista (& 7 and 8) even if you are logged in as a user with Administrative privileges, there is still a user higher than you and that is the built-in Administrator account. Those permissions are often needed for various transactions. That's what UAC prompts are all about.

Hence ilikefree's suggestions.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Win 10 Pro x64 x 2
    Manufacturer/Model
    Alienware ALX x58
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache
    Motherboard
    Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366
    Memory
    24GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 4096MB
    Graphics Card(s)
    1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Dual Core
    Sound Card
    Onboard Soundmax® High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung XL2370 HD LED backlit 23" W/S 2ms response time
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500gb SATA II
    1 x 1TB SATA II
    1 external eSATA LaCie 3TB
    (Non-RAID)
    PSU
    Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU
    Case
    Unique
    Cooling
    4 case fans @ CPU water cooling.
    Internet Speed
    1gb/s up and down
Swede11 said:
I DID NOT do anything, I have always had ownership, on my computer that I'm the only user?? This is about as hard as getting an answer from Nikon Thanks Pal Swede
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This is precisely the kind of reply that discourages helpers from helping...a curt reply before taking any action. Think of it from our perspective: we are spending our free time trying to help users of technical forums for free. When we get a user that replies like you did why would we help them again? That is a question we just might ask. Next time think about that before replying because such a response isn't productive.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 8.1 Industry Pro x64
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavillion Elite HPE-250f
    CPU
    Intel i7 860 Quad core 2.8 ghz
    Memory
    8 gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 gb ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Alienware 25 AW2521HF
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 &1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 TB x2
    Other Info
    https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-pavilion-elite-hpe-250f/
  • Operating System
    Windows 2012 R2 Data center/Linux Mint
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Poweredge T140
    CPU
    i3 9100 3.6GHz, 8M cache, 4C/4T
    Memory
    8GB 2666MT/s DDR4 ECC UDIMM
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 TB & 360 GB x2
    Other Info
    https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/productdetailstxn/poweredge-t140?~ck=bt
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