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  • 02-10-2008 6:08pm
    #1
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭


    Hi i'm after moving home after a while away, mother has a P.C here, not the best but anyway.....

    It's slow as xmas, i reckon it's from all sorts of crap my little brother and sister have been using/clicking on since she got it. Anyway downloaded Spybot and Smitfraudfix to try improve its performance. With Spybot i can run it but at the end it says i can't delete the items because i'm not the administrator or somthing along those lines, can't even run smitfruadfix after opeing it ''ACCESS IS DENIED'' comes up over and over. I could'nt download firefox for the same administration reasons and i tried to delete an anti-spyware application (that was stated as been spybot but wasn't,have to pay to use this one) and i can't remove it!

    Anyone have any ideas?, im using the ''administrator'' account, is there any chance some malicious software is stopping me from removing/adding applications that could remove it?....

    Thanks


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  • #2
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    I would do a clean install personally (after backing up all important files), it sounds like the PC is a mess, and a fresh install is a lot simpler than trying to clean it up.

    And then just put on a good, simple all-in-one security suite, like AVG.


  • #3
    julesdarcy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33 ✭julesdarcy


    If you don't want to reinstall Windows, how about trying to create another administrator user? The current one may have some settings changed that you don't know about.

    If you are using XP, go to Start - Control Panel - User Accounts - Create a New Account - Type the name of the Account, click Next - select Computer Administrator and click Next.

    The administrator account will be created.

    Reboot and click on the new account to enter as the new administrator. You should have permissions to install and remove programs.


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