[X Newbies] Difficulty installing Endnote

Scott scott-xlists at scotist.com
Thu Oct 9 23:23:39 PDT 2003


On Oct 9, 2003, at 10:04 PM, Ross Langmead wrote:

> I've struck a snag installing Endnote 7 for Mac on an iMac G3 running 
> OS
> 10.2, and I suspect it's more to do with administrator rights than a 
> faulty
> installer.
>
> When nearly all Endnote files are installed it gags, with error 1008.9,
> -5000, "Error creating folder. Access denied" and when I say OK, 
> another
> message saying, "You do not have enough access privileges for this
> installation."
>
> The main user of the iMac has installed other software before and 
> believes
> she has administrator privileges on her computer.
>
> What are we missing?\

Check to see that she does indeed have admin rights.

Otherwise,
Does this machine have classic installed?
Has classic ever been launched? If not, launch classic. Then try again. 
You may need to throw in a restart too.
Yoj might also want to repair permissions.

-- 
Scott



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