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Acquire Administrative Privileges on Your Computer.

To run most installations on Windows NT 4.0, 2000, or XP machines, you are often required to be the administrator of the computer or have some kind of administrative privileges. The reason why installations require administrative privileges is because many times installations access the Windows registry and Windows System folders.

If you are running your installation on a Windows NT 4.0, 2000, or XP, you are more than likely the administrator of your computer. Follow these steps to confirm administrative rights on your home computer:

1. Select Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management.

2. In the Computer Management dialog, click on System Tools > Local Users and Groups > Users.

3. Right-click on your user name and select Properties.

4. In the properties dialog, select the Member Of tab and make sure it states "Administrator".

If you are trying to install software on a computer in a corporate environment, you need to contact your system administrator to give you administrative privileges on your computer. If the system administrator is unable to grant you administrative privileges do the installation for you.

Note: Only Windows Installer-based installation will be able to install with the elevated privileges option. If your installation contains files with .msi extension, your installation is based on the Windows Installer service.

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