I am running windows xp and under "user accounts" I am listed as an administrator but when I try to install yahoo messenger 5.0 (old version) it says " You do not have access to make the required system configuration modifications. Please rerun this program from an adminstrators account." A similar thing happens when I try to install the latest version of yahoo messenger. It stops in mid install and says try again after restart. Can someone help me please? I would really appreciate it. Thank you.

By the way the problem started after my wife deleted yahoo messenger to try and install it again because her pictures would not load up on her messenger account......

What version of Windows XP? Home or Professional?

Also - was the old version deleted or uninstalled?

hey there, this should be pretty easy to fix if u have ur xp disk handy, simply put ur xp disk in and goto start then run and type sfc /scannow this will replace any lost or damaged windows files and should give you access to msn install hope this helps

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For the love of god do NOT do this

SFC will seriously mess up things like COM registration and DLL multi-versioning.

yes, but its better than not being able to use msn , also after searching the web i couldn't find a better soloution

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SFC is only a solution when even MFC (Microsoft Foundation Classes) have become corrupted and need to be reinstalled, otherwise it can break many applications, or reintroduce old bugs and security flaws. Please don't suggest the use of SFC until you understand what it actually does...

You didn't read or understand the question properly, and so your suggestion is not only off the point anyway.

I see ur point, anyway i will keep a look out for re-setting administrator privileges, you could try making another administrator account and trying to install msn from that 1

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Just a quick question do you and your wife use the same desktop or do you both have to sign in on individual log in names? if you both have log in names try logging in on your wifes account(with her permission ;D) and then try downloading them you can always place shortcut on yours once downloaded

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I imagine this user has long since found another solution, since the original posting date was 13th March...

Sorry my mistake i saw the uptodate postings on it and didnt realise ;D

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lol, my mistake, figured it wasn't tooo long ago, although i did reply to one posted in 2005 lol, its ok tho

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If you wont to use MSN that much use the web messager verision?? its easy to get just go on to Goo*le and type in MSN web messager.

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...it's still yet to dawn on Computwiz

haha

lol @syphus, us 16 yr olds r sumtimes a bit slow , i can be at times but computewiz seems to be either less more attention paying or slower than me

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Cant you just use Safe Mode??

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COMPUTWIZ, this post is almost 1 month old!!!

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Ooh my god. Sorry guys and dont pick on me please

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I ant slow i just did not think to look at the date on it hehe.

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theres no problem there computwiz, i didnt realize either

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You're 16? Well...that's no excuse

I was at my mental peak at 16


Since then I have just been getting dumber...