Windows XP administrator issue - I am the administrator but XP is blocking certa

[silverborne]

Hello,

XP prevents me from adding paths to environment variables or altering startup files in msconfig, etc. even though I am the administrator - confirmed by looking at the user profiles. Any suggestions?

 

[ksiemb]

Hello,

XP prevents me from adding paths to environment variables or altering startup files in msconfig, etc. even though I am the administrator - confirmed by looking at the user profiles. Any suggestions?

Boot from windows CD or run sfc /scannow from command prompt to repair the OS.