how to give SYS file admin rights????

right click on it and run as administrator

maybe im mistaken, but the file that is being blocked is a SYS file, not and EXE file. i did "run as admin" for the executable file that CALLS on the sys file, but i dont see where to give it exclusions too.

control panel/admin tools/local security policy
click on the appropiate listing
i waded through it a few months ago while testing vista,it took hours by the time i found it and worked out how to change it,i could'nt remember how i got there
when you bring it up there are about three boxes to negociate through,before you get the admin rights ticked to be able to deal with anything without being blocked

is there a way that I can get that option on there? do you think its because I turned UAC off?

thats one of the first things i disabled in tools in msconfig,so i don't know why you are not getting admin tools
run
sfc /scannow
and see if something has altered the system files

are you running it from the run box
i cannot remmeber ever running it in vista,with the fresh installs no longer than 4 weeks apart,the rtm running for 8 weeks is the longest any has been on the computer
so i don't know if there is a problem running it or not

I ran it from the Run box, but the cmd prompt would just disappear really quickly, so i ran it from the prompt itself.

as far as the rest of your post, im not really following what your saying/asking

boot from the vista disk and choose install
on the bottom left hand corner of the screen you will see the repair option listed
click on that
i was just saying that in the year i was beta testing a new version was released about every 4 weeks to be installed,so there was no reason to run sfc

ahh, i see. well, ill try that out and come back with the results. and thanks for all your help so far, i really appreciate it.

it's still new and we are all still learning and trying to remember everything

well, still a no go. it said it fixed a couple problems, but still no local policies under admin.

are you logged on as admin as a security feature the default is to log you on as a standard account
check in user accounts in the control panel

how many accounts are on the computer
click on manage another account
you should have 2 admin accounts set up in case one of them corrupts then you can still gain access to the computer

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