Hi!

I accidentally deleted the local administrator account for my windows 2000
machine. the account i left was the domain administrator.

however, earlier, i removed it from the domain to serve as a standalone.

when i rebooted, i could not login anymore.

I followed the instructions on
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_admini...ogon_trick.htm
but i get access denied when i try to change the password..

Please help me.
Thanks.

Pia Mason

Obviously, you will get access denied when trying to change a password on an
account that don't exist.

Crouchie1998
BA (HONS) MCP MCSE

Hmmm... What a smart @$$...How about a real answer next time, huh!
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paul_211205



"Crouchie1998" wrote:

> Obviously, you will get access denied when trying to change a password on an
> account that don't exist.
>
> Crouchie1998
> BA (HONS) MCP MCSE
>
>
>

You can rename the local admin account but you cannot
delete it. Start a Command Prompt, then type this command
to see what accounts you still have:

net user


"Pia" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%23K%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi!
>
> I accidentally deleted the local administrator account for my windows 2000
> machine. the account i left was the domain administrator.
>
> however, earlier, i removed it from the domain to serve as a standalone.
>
> when i rebooted, i could not login anymore.
>
> I followed the instructions on
>
http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_admini...ogon_trick.htm
> but i get access denied when i try to change the password..
>
> Please help me.
> Thanks.
>
> Pia Mason
>
>

Pia wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I accidentally deleted the local administrator account for my windows 2000
> machine. the account i left was the domain administrator.
>


The built-in Administrator account cannot be deleted, accidentally or
otherwise. Did you perhaps rename it?


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i was trying real hard to remember, but i think you are right, i did not
delete the local admin account.
i know i did not delete it. is there any chance?

"Bruce Chambers" <(E-Mail Removed)0m> wrote in message
news:ef$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Pia wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> I accidentally deleted the local administrator account for my windows
>> 2000 machine. the account i left was the domain administrator.
>>
>
>
> The built-in Administrator account cannot be deleted, accidentally or
> otherwise. Did you perhaps rename it?
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
> Help us help you:
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
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>
> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having
> both at once. - RAH

Pia wrote:
> i was trying real hard to remember, but i think you are right, i did not
> delete the local admin account.
> i know i did not delete it. is there any chance?
>

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/


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Thanks, i will try..


"Bruce Chambers" <(E-Mail Removed)0m> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Pia wrote:
>> i was trying real hard to remember, but i think you are right, i did not
>> delete the local admin account.
>> i know i did not delete it. is there any chance?
>>
>
> http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
> Help us help you:
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having
> both at once. - RAH