Told to "Log in as administrator" when trying to run an old game

Anonymous
2015-08-21T19:35:14+00:00

I just upgraded to Windows 10.  I tried running an old game, which was doing OK on Windows 8.  I get "access denied" when I hit start, and a message telling me to log in as administrator and try again.

I am the administrator.

So what can I do?

Thanks.

* Original title: "Log in as administrator"

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Anonymous
2019-01-02T02:07:23+00:00

This ancient thread should have been locked long ago, but since they haven't done so...

This error is bogus in relation to trying to play old disc based games.

It has nothing to do with running as admin. MS built a 'security feature' into Win10 - DRM Blocking.

I have full details about this so called 'security feature' and why it p revents disc based games from

launching in my post at  --- this thread---

Short story - Old disc based games that use SafeDisk copy protection require using a noCD fix/hack to circumvent DRM Blocking.

btw - This 'feature' was also added to Win7/8/8.1 via a security update (as explained in my linked post) .

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-05-19T15:21:30+00:00

    I have the same question

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-05-06T22:26:13+00:00

    It is mainly due to problems with my File Explorer. You need to have Administrative permission to do this function. this is a private computer. No network. No gaming.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-05-06T18:04:00+00:00

    You have to be careful if Windows 10 doesn't take to one of your favorite games and you switch and you really want to play that game be careful, switching back could bring problems!

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-05-04T11:13:32+00:00

    I need to know where to logged in to your PC as an administrator to be able to update McAfee

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