Lost user rights!!

Hi.

As a mac user I wanted to give it a try with FlyakiteOSX for my Windows machine.

One hour after first installation and i'm greatly disapointed.

The first and most important issue is: I lost all my security rights on my machine. I have Windows Xp Sp2, I always work under an account with adiministrative rights, that is not Administrator.

What happens: I can't access the security tab on all my drives (they all have NTFS), and I can't run any management application.

I've tried running with the "Run as" option, but I receive the following error:

C:WINDOWSsystem32devmgmt.msc

The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it.

As you can see, this is the link to Device Manager...

Also, if I'm trying to run anything else, I get the same error.

The only service that I have deliberately disabled before installing is Windows Themes.

I would kindly request some help on this matter of how to recover my rights, that does not imply format...

PS: Add/Remove Programs window shows 0 programs...

PS2: Pretty disapointing...

#373041

When the computer is booting, a little bit before the windows loading screen appears press f8 and select "Safe mode" now you can select the administrator account and restablish your security rights

#373044

Thanks for your reply.

That didn't work.

Also in Safe Mode, although I can access my other Administrator account, I can't still do any change...

Please let me know if you have other ideas.

#373050

Uninstall FlyakiteOSX? Simply run the installer again or uninstall using the method shown in the FAQ, which you can find on his website (From the menubar, click FlyakiteOSX, and then it's fairly easy).

-NC

#373055

First off, don't be an idiot and post "FlyakiteOSX destroyed my permissions... etc." on my comment board.

Second, do a little looking around on your system. You're smart enough to now devmgmt.msc, I would think you are also aware of the Event Viewer. Check Administrative Tools -> Event Viewer, and see what that has to say.

This has yet to happen to anyone else that I'm aware of, so it's not like its some type of widespread problem. It's an isolated case. It's worked flawless for plenty of other people. When you start to develop something of this nature, then we'll see how perfect your software is on 100,000 different computer configurations.

My advice, is first check the Event Viewer after you try devmgmt.msc, and then see what it has to say. If all else fails, then uninstall FlyakiteOSX pieces at a time. Try uninstalling just the System Files -> DLL section. Then EXE, etc. until it works, that will help narrow down what is causing this. Just to let you know, FlyakiteOSX doesn't touch system permissions, that would be extremely stupid. Something else is happening.

If you figure out what the issue is, let us know so I can look into it for future releases.

#373068

My advice, is first check the Event Viewer after you try devmgmt.msc, and then see what it has to say. If all else fails, then uninstall FlyakiteOSX pieces at a time. Try uninstalling just the System Files -> DLL section. Then EXE, etc. until it works, that will help narrow down what is causing this.

I know this thread is old, but i've got the same problem. Hope someone reads this. My user account has been bumped down to a "Guest" account, rendering it useless. I tried accessing the Administrator account in safe mode, but couldn't, as it won't accept the password.

I've never used Event Viewer before (I know about the Admin Tools, only I've never had any use for them yet) , what am I looking for specifically? Same goes for devmgmt.msc.

Anyway, I love FlyakiteOSX, I'm using 3.5 on WinXP SP2. I've had one or two issues with RK Launcher, but not with FLyakite as such up until now. I don't want to reinstall, any ideas for solving the user account issue another way?

Cheers,

Hamish

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