My pc will not let me change the start up menu
Last response: in Windows XP
When downloading HP software I was instructed to disable the programmes on the start up menue. Now I can not restore them Windows XP keeps telling me it has to be done by an administrator but I am theonly person who uses the PC and am shown as heving administartors rights.
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Hello and welcome to Tom's Hardware Forums.
You have administrator rights but you aren't the System Administrator. To find that account in XP, restart and tap Function 8 as it begins to load Windows then choose Safe Mode from the menu and click the Administrator login in logo.
Having fallen for HP's con-trick, you may need System Restore to undo any damage their software may have done. As a general rule, any programme that tells you to disable any other - particularly your AV or firewall - is not worth installing.
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