From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CvlZV-00049i-Gh for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 19:07:10 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CvlZQ-00046G-PC for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 19:07:06 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CvlZQ-00045N-ET for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 19:07:04 -0500 Received: from [64.233.170.204] (helo=rproxy.gmail.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CvlLQ-00012M-7m for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 18:52:36 -0500 Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id y7so237228rne for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:52:35 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <7e84ed6050131155274b9b52a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:52:35 -0600 From: Rob Townley Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Win2000 as guest - unable to install any software under Win2000 In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable References: Reply-To: Rob.Townley@gmail.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Something like this can happen in domain environments if group policies get applied that disallow the local admin from installing software. Make sure administrators have permissions in the following: Control Panel --> Admin Tools ---> Computer Management --> Local Security Policy =20 Well i don't have a win2000 machine in front of me to tell you exactly what to look for but there are entries for installing sw and hw. On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 10:16:50 +0000 (UTC), Peter Taaffe wrote: > Hi to you all! >=20 > I finally managed to run Win2000 as guest under qemu (0.6.2) > on Debian sarge OS yesterday. >=20 > Unfortunately I do have a very strange problem =E2=80=93 it seems, > that I can not install any other software under Win2000 =E2=80=93 > even when I'm logged in as Administrator. >=20 > I tried to install different things as Administrator, but I > always got an error message, which said something like: > "you do not have the permission to install software =E2=80=93 please log = in as > administrator" >=20 > I'm also unable to run the Windows update (as Administrator) =E2=80=93 > it ends with the same result. >=20 > Has anyone of you ever noticed the same problems and solved them? >=20 > Many thanks in advance for all your help!!! >=20 > Cheers, >=20 > Peter >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Qemu-devel mailing list > Qemu-devel@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel >