Windows API error 5

[Guest DonaldNeville]

I run MikTeX 2.9 and Windows 8 on my HP laptop. MikTeX is an app which helps typeset articles for science journals. The MikTeX program comes with a package manager (for installing formatting packages already included with MikTex) and "MikTeX update", which allows users to download new packages and upgrades, as they become available on the MikTeX website. When I try to run either program, I get an error message "Windows API error 5 (or 5c) Access denied". ( I believe "already included" packages also must go to the MikTeX website, because there is only a .tpm file on my computer, for each "already included" package.) My best guess is I' m being frozen out of the MikTeX computer for some reason. But is it possible I am just missing some Windows software that could cure the problem? Thanks.

 

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