belive me, i tried that, in fact, vpc7 has a tool that "fixes" permissions for you, but it didnt work.
anyway, i found a way, meybe the post will help someone
LOOK, IM NOT THAT DUMB YOU KNOW?
I KNOW WHAT ADMINISTRATIVE PRIVILIGES ARE, MY USER HAD ADMINISTRATIVE PRIVILIGES, BUT VIRTUAL PC JUST DID'T INSTALL PAST THE FIRST STAGE. NOT UNTIL I LOG ON WITH THE USERNAME "root" AND MY PASSWORD. GO FIGURE. I TRIED IT A GAZZILLION TIMES WITH MY USERNAME AND...
OK, THIS IS ME REPLYING TO MY OWN POST :-|
I GOT THE SOLUTION, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HAVING A SIMILAR PROBLEM.
SINCE I HAVE SOME UNIX EXPERTISE, I FIGURED I MIGHT AS WELL LOG ON AS "root"
WHICH I DID. AND SOLVED THE PROBLEM.
THE TRICKY PART IS THAT THE ROOT USER AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE...
Hi there:
i'm running osx 10.4.2 and trying to install virtual pc 7.
i get stuck on the reboot part after the initial setup files install. when it reboots and i try to continue, it gives me a dialog that i have to have administrative privileges to continue, but i have administrative...