Wanted to log in as a local (built-in) Administrator in WinXP Home
Edition,
but cannot do it. The system returns "Log in impossible because of account
restrictions". It is strange but fact that I can log in as local admin in
safe mode,
but I don't need safe mode. I need normal mode with local admin rights.
Any suggestions?

Agent Smith wrote:
> Wanted to log in as a local (built-in) Administrator in WinXP Home
> Edition,
> but cannot do it. The system returns "Log in impossible because of
> account restrictions". It is strange but fact that I can log in as
> local admin in safe mode,
> but I don't need safe mode. I need normal mode with local admin
> rights. Any suggestions?

Create another user with Admin Rights so you can use him in normal mode.

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I have another user with admin rights, but I need local admin account.
why the system doesn't let me in (in normal mode)? Only safe mode.
was it made on purpose?
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> Agent Smith wrote:
>> Wanted to log in as a local (built-in) Administrator in WinXP Home
>> Edition,
>> but cannot do it. The system returns "Log in impossible because of
>> account restrictions". It is strange but fact that I can log in as
>> local admin in safe mode,
>> but I don't need safe mode. I need normal mode with local admin
>> rights. Any suggestions?
>
> Create another user with Admin Rights so you can use him in normal mode.
>
> --
> <- Shenan ->
> --
> The information is provided "as is", it is suggested you research for
> yourself before you take any advice - you are the one ultimately
> responsible for your actions/problems/solutions. Know what you are
> getting into before you jump in with both feet.
>
>

Agent Smith wrote:
> I have another user with admin rights, but I need local admin
> account. why the system doesn't let me in (in normal mode)? Only
> safe mode. was it made on purpose?

If you have a user with Admin Rights on the PC - that is LOCAL Admin
rights..
(Are you in a domain?)

XP Home limits the access to the Administrator account on purpose - "by
design".

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getting into before you jump in with both feet.

I'm not in a domain. Just home PC.
I installed Norton Internet Security 2003 Trial Version.
The trial period expired. Now I want to uninstall NIS, but
cannot do it. It was installed under Supervisor account
and it during the uninstall process NIS asks to log in as a
Supervisor. I understand that NIS means its own internal
Accounts system, not Windows' one. But I was logged in
as an Admin and could not uninstall NIS. So that is why I
wanted to log in as a built-in Administrator hoping that this
time NIS will not tell me that I haven't got enough rights to
uninstall it.
After the trial period of using NIS expired, the Account feature
in NIS became not active. I do not want to renew License and
want to get rid of this NIS, but literary cannot do it.

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> Agent Smith wrote:
>> I have another user with admin rights, but I need local admin
>> account. why the system doesn't let me in (in normal mode)? Only
>> safe mode. was it made on purpose?
>
> If you have a user with Admin Rights on the PC - that is LOCAL Admin
> rights..
> (Are you in a domain?)
>
> XP Home limits the access to the Administrator account on purpose - "by
> design".
>
> --
> <- Shenan ->
> --
> The information is provided "as is", it is suggested you research for
> yourself before you take any advice - you are the one ultimately
> responsible for your actions/problems/solutions. Know what you are
> getting into before you jump in with both feet.
>
>

Agent Smith wrote:
> I'm not in a domain. Just home PC.
> I installed Norton Internet Security 2003 Trial Version.
> The trial period expired. Now I want to uninstall NIS, but
> cannot do it. It was installed under Supervisor account
> and it during the uninstall process NIS asks to log in as a
> Supervisor. I understand that NIS means its own internal
> Accounts system, not Windows' one. But I was logged in
> as an Admin and could not uninstall NIS. So that is why I
> wanted to log in as a built-in Administrator hoping that this
> time NIS will not tell me that I haven't got enough rights to
> uninstall it.
> After the trial period of using NIS expired, the Account feature
> in NIS became not active. I do not want to renew License and
> want to get rid of this NIS, but literary cannot do it.

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...&osv=&osv_lvl=

or, more reasonably:
http://snipurl.com/6n5z

Particularly:
To remove Norton Internet Security or Norton AntiVirus using removal
utilities

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The information is provided "as is", it is suggested you research for
yourself before you take any advice - you are the one ultimately
responsible for your actions/problems/solutions. Know what you are
getting into before you jump in with both feet.

Agent Smith wrote:
> Wanted to log in as a local (built-in) Administrator in WinXP Home
> Edition,
> but cannot do it. The system returns "Log in impossible because of
> account restrictions". It is strange but fact that I can log in as
> local admin in safe mode,
> but I don't need safe mode. I need normal mode with local admin
> rights. Any suggestions?


By design, the only way to log into the built-in Administrator
account of WinXP Home is to reboot into Safe Mode. If you need
administrative privileges while in normal operations, modify an
account you've created.

HOW TO Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;279783



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