I held out as long as I could, but I finally gave up, installed XP, and use
a USB connection instead of the gameport connector. I suggest you do
likewise. But, failing that, I guess you could install a Win 9x/SE/ME
partition. Or maybe work around the admin issue.

"LA45" > wrote in message
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> Are there any other dinosaurs out there like me? I am still using a PDPI
> card (an ISA slot Digital Game Card)?
>
>
>
> After years of using a TSW wheel and a PDPI card under Windows 98se, I
> decided to upgrade to Windows XP. Now when I try to install the PDPI
> drivers I get the error message:
>
>
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> "You do not have access to make the required system configuration
> modifications. Please rerun this installation from an administrators
> account."
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> I am the only user of my computer, and have only one administrator account
> set up.
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> I've installed other software and hardware on this XP operating system,
and
> this is the first problem I've encountered.
>
>
>
> Has anyone out there experienced this problem, and if so, do know of a fix
> short going the route of a dual operating system installation?
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>
>
> I tried running N2003 using the soundcard joystick port, but for some
reason
> my lap times are 2 to 3 second slower than they were when using the PDPI
> game card.
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> Thanks
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>