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8 years ago
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administrator privilege

I would like to play again The Generals and Tiberian Sun Firestorm. This time on my laptop. I installed The Generals but am denied access because of the fact that they want adminstrator privilege. Ca...
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    EA_Darko
    8 years ago

    @woistoe To create an admin account on Windows:

    1. Navigate to the Control Panel.
       
    2. Double-click User Accounts, click Manage User Accounts, and then click Add....
    3. Enter a name and domain for the administrator account. Click Next >.
    4. In Windows 10, select Administrator.

      In Windows 8.x and earlier, select the radio button titled Other:, and then, from the drop-down menu, choose Administrators.

    5. Click Finish, which will take you back to the "User Accounts" dialog box. Click OK.
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8 years ago

@woistoe To create an admin account on Windows:

  1. Navigate to the Control Panel.
     
  2. Double-click User Accounts, click Manage User Accounts, and then click Add....
  3. Enter a name and domain for the administrator account. Click Next >.
  4. In Windows 10, select Administrator.

    In Windows 8.x and earlier, select the radio button titled Other:, and then, from the drop-down menu, choose Administrators.

  5. Click Finish, which will take you back to the "User Accounts" dialog box. Click OK.
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Clapptizzle
3 years ago
@EA_Darko I have the same issue but for Red Alert 2 and the original command and conquer. I know this thread is from 2018 but hoping there is something else I can do. I played the game yesterday after finding my laptop in a box. The game was on the old origin app. This morning it has auto installed the ea app and I now can’t play the games. each time I load them it says administrator needs to authorise. Which iam the administrator for the laptop. It doesn’t make send

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