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Argiod
January 16th, 2009, 06:06 PM
I have a system I'm restoring for a friend.
He wants to use it for his daughter to use for email, web surfing and PC games.

I just re-installed Windows ME on it. When I try to install a game, from the original production disks, it tells me I don't have the proper admin rights.

I set the OS up on a minimal install to save hard drive space and accomodate minimal RAM.

How do I set up Administration Rights for the default, and only, user on the system?
NooNoo
January 16th, 2009, 06:28 PM
Welcome to Windrivers Argiod

ME didn't have admin rights as such, just policies... I think you may have over done the minimal install so that the games can't install.

How big is the hard disk? Which game is it?
Argiod
January 16th, 2009, 06:29 PM
Welcome to Windrivers Argiod

ME didn't have admin rights as such, just policies... I think you may have over done the minimal install so that the games can't install.

How big is the hard disk? Which game is it?

The hard drive is 20GB unformatted, about 19.5 formated.
The first game I attempted to install was Command and Conquor.
NooNoo
January 16th, 2009, 06:37 PM
An ME install is less than 1GB, so you should start again and do a standard install.

Which command and conquer? there are quite a few (http://help.commandandconquer.com/cgi-bin/eacandc.cfg/php/enduser/home.php?p_sid=AtSRq5oj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=)
Argiod
January 16th, 2009, 06:46 PM
Do I have to do a total re-install, or can Windows ME install the missing components from Control Center, Add and Remove function?
Argiod
January 16th, 2009, 06:47 PM
An ME install is less than 1GB, so you should start again and do a standard install.

Which command and conquer? there are quite a few (http://help.commandandconquer.com/cgi-bin/eacandc.cfg/php/enduser/home.php?p_sid=AtSRq5oj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=)

I'm starting with Red Alert, and if successful will add expansions from there...
NooNoo
January 16th, 2009, 06:48 PM
Good question. I would do a reinstall (over the top) because it would take just as long to install each component, but if you do a repair install, it will put everything back and you won't lose the customisation you have done so far.
Argiod
January 16th, 2009, 07:11 PM
Thanks, will do. I'll let you know tomorrow how it comes out.
BTW, I LOVE your sig... never found anything that could be done 'quickly' on any system, under any OS... and I've been playing with these Devil's Boxes since the mid eighties. I cut my teeth on an Apple II+ with two Raina Elite III floppy drives (dual sided, dual density 5-1/4") and the so called 'language board' which brought the RAM up to a whopping 64K!!! I also had a 10MB hard drive attached, at no small expense. Now I have programs that take up several GB of space... and thought it was nearly infinite space... LOL
Also had an Epson dot matrix attached, but can't remember which one... but it had 'FX' on the end of the name...
NooNoo
January 16th, 2009, 07:16 PM
Yep I started tinkering with a zx80, acorns, bbc b, amiga, then moved on to the first IBMs... sigh, those were the days. The sig is the result of nearly 30 years experience :)
Argiod
January 16th, 2009, 07:30 PM
Yep I started tinkering with a zx80, acorns, bbc b, amiga, then moved on to the first IBMs... sigh, those were the days. The sig is the result of nearly 30 years experience :)

My second system was one of the original IBM PCs. So old it had one of the shortest computer patent numbers I've ever seen.

I upgraded it over a year's time from a 4.something speed system, to the equivalent of an Windows XT with a 40MHz cpu and lots of other goodies... and at the time, I thought it was the 'ultimate' machine... Now, of course, I realize that the 'Ultimate' machine is probably the one I'll buy the day before I die... :P
NooNoo
January 17th, 2009, 04:51 AM
Nope that would be the penultimate :) There is bound to be something better over the boundary :D
Argiod
January 17th, 2009, 10:11 AM
Nah; the way I figger it; I won't be needin' no computer on the other side... I'll have a permanent, direct connection to the cosmic Main Frame... :P
NooNoo
January 17th, 2009, 11:14 AM
How did the install over the top go?
Argiod
January 17th, 2009, 12:54 PM
How did the install over the top go?

Been busy, haven't got to it yet. I'll post results when it's done.
NooNoo
January 17th, 2009, 12:55 PM
ok, later.
Argiod
January 20th, 2009, 06:08 PM
OK, the system has been upgraded to a full install of Windows ME. Now the program will actually allow the start of the install routine.

The only problem left now, is to max out the RAM and possibly upgrade the video card to meet the program's other requirements...

By the time we're done, it may have cost less to simply upgrade to a newer machine to run the desired games.

Thanks for the help.
NooNoo
January 21st, 2009, 04:03 AM
Such is the way of things. I always do a quick cost/benefit for the person so they can make a decision before they spend any real money. Most go for the upgrade because they don't need the capabilities to edit hd camcorder footage or run the latest game, in which case anything around a p4 2.0 with 512mb and xp would fit the bill and if they want to play games, a 256mb card with dual vga/dvi out in case they need a new monitor.