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    "You don't have rights to run 'Power Saver'" says my 'A50'

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by racer007, Sep 14, 2006.

  1. racer007

    racer007 Newbie

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    Hi! ... After installing "Win-XP Pro" and other drivers from
    the Toshiba websiteon my "Satellite A50" , it's working fine
    except for the "Toshiba Power Saver" utility. Opening it
    results in the following message.....
    "CANNOT open because you do not have access rights to use
    "Toshiba Power Saver""
    Anyone know why?
    TIA
     
    racer007, Sep 14, 2006
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  2. BLegacy

    BLegacy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Your windows user account is limited. You need to be given permission by the admin, or use your admin account if it's your computer.
     
    BLegacy, Sep 14, 2006
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  3. xAMDvsIntelx

    xAMDvsIntelx Notebook Deity

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    Yeah, you need to get into admin. account before you can make any kind of system change like that.
     
    xAMDvsIntelx, Sep 14, 2006
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  4. racer007

    racer007 Newbie

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    It's my own notebook with no password or access
    restriction set for any user ...
    Under "User Accounts", I'm being recognised as the
    "administrator".
    Could the 'Toshiba Power Saver' utility be looking
    for some file that gets installed from the 'Toshiba
    Restore' CD for this utility to run?
     
    racer007, Sep 15, 2006
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  5. AGentry

    AGentry Newbie

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    This is a problem for anyone who puts a fresh install of the OS on thier toshiba laptops. It occured with my Tecra M5 after the networks team in my office put a default XP build on the laptop.

    The answer does not relate to admin rights but rather the lack of Toshiba Common Modules. These can be downloaded and installed from Toshiba support like any other driver and they are required for many Toshiba specific functions to be avilable. Most notably power saving.

    Installing the common modules package solved my problem completly. :)
     
    AGentry, Oct 19, 2007
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  6. Globalastro

    Globalastro Newbie

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    I have the same problem with power saver but i have not done any clean installs of an OS and i am the admin. I even tried reinstalling the common module and still no avail... please help me
     
    Globalastro, Jan 30, 2008
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