service control manager with non-admin users

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Hi John,

What is the exact error message? I mean word for word. When does it happen,
under what programs?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"JohnnyJomp" <JohnnyJomp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EE49791B-35A3-4EDF-9F8C-F9E27C460C62@microsoft.com...
> Hi all...
> My guest account encounters service control manager errors over and over
> to
> the point that I can not use it. So I created a new account. That account
> worked fine until I changed it from an admin to a user account. Now it too
> gets the service control manager error (though maybe not as much).
> What is this? and how can I stop it?
> I thank you very much...
> John

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Hi,

The forbot worm that is infecting your system doesn't like the non-admin
accounts, it doesn't have sufficient privileges to run, see:
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/an [...] botcw.html for removal
instructions.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"JohnnyJomp" <JohnnyJomp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8FEF2930-078C-4B60-9E6B-66D7264AFEA3@microsoft.com...
> Hi Nutcase (great name!)!
> when I log onto my guest acount, I get these little messsages on the
> screen,
> in this order:
> "SCMan
> Access is Denied
> OK"
>
> "ANIOApi
> Failed to open service control manager"
>
>
> "SCMan
> Can't open service control manager"
>
> If I click OK on the first message, the 3rd message pops up.
>
> All the messages pop up in boxes like the standard Windows message (like
> the
> "Are you sure you want to delete this file" message)
>
> hope this helps!
> John
>
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> What is the exact error message? I mean word for word. When does it
>> happen,
>> under what programs?
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "JohnnyJomp" <JohnnyJomp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:EE49791B-35A3-4EDF-9F8C-F9E27C460C62@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi all...
>> > My guest account encounters service control manager errors over and
>> > over
>> > to
>> > the point that I can not use it. So I created a new account. That
>> > account
>> > worked fine until I changed it from an admin to a user account. Now it
>> > too
>> > gets the service control manager error (though maybe not as much).
>> > What is this? and how can I stop it?
>> > I thank you very much...
>> > John
>>
>>
>>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?)

Hi,

Did you try the worm removal steps here?
http://www.sophos.com/support/disinfection/worms.html

Viruses are verygood at hiding themselves, it's not always bluntly obvious.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"JohnnyJomp" <JohnnyJomp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news2510CBE-A938-450E-8ADC-F7546F35590C@microsoft.com...
> Hi Rick...
> Thanks for the link to the virus info. The info there does look exactly
> like
> what I am experiencing, but I have run 2 different anti-virus programs,
> and
> neither seem to have come up with that worm. The registry entries it
> mentions
> are not on my system, though I may have deleted them either manually (I
> did a
> regedit for scm*.*) or via one of the anti-virus programs I ran.
> I do still get the error message, though.,
> Any other tips/help/suggestions?
> Thanks again
> John
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The forbot worm that is infecting your system doesn't like the non-admin
>> accounts, it doesn't have sufficient privileges to run, see:
>> http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/an [...] botcw.html for removal
>> instructions.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "JohnnyJomp" <JohnnyJomp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:8FEF2930-078C-4B60-9E6B-66D7264AFEA3@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi Nutcase (great name!)!
>> > when I log onto my guest acount, I get these little messsages on the
>> > screen,
>> > in this order:
>> > "SCMan
>> > Access is Denied
>> > OK"
>> >
>> > "ANIOApi
>> > Failed to open service control manager"
>> >
>> >
>> > "SCMan
>> > Can't open service control manager"
>> >
>> > If I click OK on the first message, the 3rd message pops up.
>> >
>> > All the messages pop up in boxes like the standard Windows message
>> > (like
>> > the
>> > "Are you sure you want to delete this file" message)
>> >
>> > hope this helps!
>> > John
>> >
>> >
>> > "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi John,
>> >>
>> >> What is the exact error message? I mean word for word. When does it
>> >> happen,
>> >> under what programs?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Best of Luck,
>> >>
>> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> >> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> >> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> >> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> >>
>> >> "JohnnyJomp" <JohnnyJomp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:EE49791B-35A3-4EDF-9F8C-F9E27C460C62@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Hi all...
>> >> > My guest account encounters service control manager errors over and
>> >> > over
>> >> > to
>> >> > the point that I can not use it. So I created a new account. That
>> >> > account
>> >> > worked fine until I changed it from an admin to a user account. Now
>> >> > it
>> >> > too
>> >> > gets the service control manager error (though maybe not as much).
>> >> > What is this? and how can I stop it?
>> >> > I thank you very much...
>> >> > John
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>