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Uncle Vinnie
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      9th Dec 2005
I have googled this and have not been able to find a solution to this..
I hope you can help..

Using XP Home-

I am set up as administrator, yet I no longer have 'rights', even when
signing on as administrator in safe mode.

Even right click Start, explore all users, I do see a bunch listed.. there
is an administrator, and administrator.vinniecompaq, as well as Vinnie
Rinaldi.VINNIE.

Everywhere I look, it seems I have admin rights, yet I keep getting 'you do
not have sufficient...'...

Help! Thank You!

Thank you...


--
B'Regards,

Vinnie


 
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=?Utf-8?B?RGl4b25pYW42OQ==?=
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      9th Dec 2005
"The" ""Hidden" "Administrator" account that shows in "Safe Mode", does not
work??
i.e. "Administrator"
Don't believe you!!

Or are you talking about "Your Administrator" user account in Safe Mode??


"Uncle Vinnie" wrote:

> I have googled this and have not been able to find a solution to this..
> I hope you can help..
>
> Using XP Home-
>
> I am set up as administrator, yet I no longer have 'rights', even when
> signing on as administrator in safe mode.
>
> Even right click Start, explore all users, I do see a bunch listed.. there
> is an administrator, and administrator.vinniecompaq, as well as Vinnie
> Rinaldi.VINNIE.
>
> Everywhere I look, it seems I have admin rights, yet I keep getting 'you do
> not have sufficient...'...
>
> Help! Thank You!
>
> Thank you...
>
>
> --
> B'Regards,
>
> Vinnie
>
>
>

 
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Uncle Vinnie
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      9th Dec 2005
Believe it.... Administrator under Safe Mode (the 'hidden' one) doesn't even
have administrator rights!


"Dixonian69" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:C96BF157-1FC0-4505-88CD-(E-Mail Removed)...
> "The" ""Hidden" "Administrator" account that shows in "Safe Mode", does
> not
> work??
> i.e. "Administrator"
> Don't believe you!!
>
> Or are you talking about "Your Administrator" user account in Safe Mode??
>
>
> "Uncle Vinnie" wrote:
>
>> I have googled this and have not been able to find a solution to this..
>> I hope you can help..
>>
>> Using XP Home-
>>
>> I am set up as administrator, yet I no longer have 'rights', even when
>> signing on as administrator in safe mode.
>>
>> Even right click Start, explore all users, I do see a bunch listed..
>> there
>> is an administrator, and administrator.vinniecompaq, as well as Vinnie
>> Rinaldi.VINNIE.
>>
>> Everywhere I look, it seems I have admin rights, yet I keep getting 'you
>> do
>> not have sufficient...'...
>>
>> Help! Thank You!
>>
>> Thank you...
>>
>>
>> --
>> B'Regards,
>>
>> Vinnie
>>
>>
>>



 
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=?Utf-8?B?RGl4b25pYW42OQ==?=
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      9th Dec 2005
well only you (and maybe not) know what you did to get it in this state.

None of the Administrator accounts have admin privileges?

when logging in on any particular Admin account, you can not give admin
privileges to another account OR even add any type of user account (Admin or
Limited).

I don't know of anything. Looks like you have configured/repaired a few
times to get your username reused as part of other accounts.

If no admin accounts/privileges exist, I'd say you're stuck with a repair or
clean install.


"Uncle Vinnie" wrote:

> Believe it.... Administrator under Safe Mode (the 'hidden' one) doesn't even
> have administrator rights!
>
>
> "Dixonian69" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:C96BF157-1FC0-4505-88CD-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > "The" ""Hidden" "Administrator" account that shows in "Safe Mode", does
> > not
> > work??
> > i.e. "Administrator"
> > Don't believe you!!
> >
> > Or are you talking about "Your Administrator" user account in Safe Mode??
> >
> >
> > "Uncle Vinnie" wrote:
> >
> >> I have googled this and have not been able to find a solution to this..
> >> I hope you can help..
> >>
> >> Using XP Home-
> >>
> >> I am set up as administrator, yet I no longer have 'rights', even when
> >> signing on as administrator in safe mode.
> >>
> >> Even right click Start, explore all users, I do see a bunch listed..
> >> there
> >> is an administrator, and administrator.vinniecompaq, as well as Vinnie
> >> Rinaldi.VINNIE.
> >>
> >> Everywhere I look, it seems I have admin rights, yet I keep getting 'you
> >> do
> >> not have sufficient...'...
> >>
> >> Help! Thank You!
> >>
> >> Thank you...
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> B'Regards,
> >>
> >> Vinnie
> >>
> >>
> >>

>
>
>

 
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Pegasus \(MVP\)
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      10th Dec 2005

"Uncle Vinnie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:uoR4PFM$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have googled this and have not been able to find a solution to this..
> I hope you can help..
>
> Using XP Home-
>
> I am set up as administrator, yet I no longer have 'rights', even when
> signing on as administrator in safe mode.
>
> Even right click Start, explore all users, I do see a bunch listed.. there
> is an administrator, and administrator.vinniecompaq, as well as Vinnie
> Rinaldi.VINNIE.
>
> Everywhere I look, it seems I have admin rights, yet I keep getting 'you

do
> not have sufficient...'...
>
> Help! Thank You!
>
> Thank you...
>
>
> --
> B'Regards,
>
> Vinnie


You may have renamed the account called "administrator" to
something else, then perhaps created a new account called
"administrator" which is, in fact, an ordinary user account.

To take stock of what you have, do this:
- Click Start / Run
- Type cmd {ok}
- Type these commands:
net user > c:\accounts.txt
net localgroup >> c:\accounts.txt
net localgroup administrators >> c:\accounts.txt
net user administrator >> c:\accounts.txt
notepad c:\accounts.txt

Now copy & paste the contents of c:\accounts.txt
into your reply.



 
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Uncle Vinnie
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      10th Dec 2005
Hope I got it right...thank you.. does this tell you something?? Should
Administrator be plural?


User accounts for \\VINNIECOMPAQ

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Administrator ASPNET Guest
HelpAssistant SUPPORT_388945a0 Vinnie Rinaldi
The command completed successfully.


Aliases for \\VINNIECOMPAQ

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*Administrators
*Guests
*HelpServicesGroup
*Users
The command completed successfully.

Alias name administrators
Comment Administrators have complete and unrestricted access to the
computer

Members

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Administrator
Vinnie Rinaldi
The command completed successfully.

"Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:eNiOJaT$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "Uncle Vinnie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:uoR4PFM$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I have googled this and have not been able to find a solution to this..
>> I hope you can help..
>>
>> Using XP Home-
>>
>> I am set up as administrator, yet I no longer have 'rights', even when
>> signing on as administrator in safe mode.
>>
>> Even right click Start, explore all users, I do see a bunch listed..
>> there
>> is an administrator, and administrator.vinniecompaq, as well as Vinnie
>> Rinaldi.VINNIE.
>>
>> Everywhere I look, it seems I have admin rights, yet I keep getting 'you

> do
>> not have sufficient...'...
>>
>> Help! Thank You!
>>
>> Thank you...
>>
>>
>> --
>> B'Regards,
>>
>> Vinnie

>
> You may have renamed the account called "administrator" to
> something else, then perhaps created a new account called
> "administrator" which is, in fact, an ordinary user account.
>
> To take stock of what you have, do this:
> - Click Start / Run
> - Type cmd {ok}
> - Type these commands:
> net user > c:\accounts.txt
> net localgroup >> c:\accounts.txt
> net localgroup administrators >> c:\accounts.txt
> net user administrator >> c:\accounts.txt
> notepad c:\accounts.txt
>
> Now copy & paste the contents of c:\accounts.txt
> into your reply.
>
>
>



 
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Uncle Vinnie
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      10th Dec 2005
Found more..



User name Administrator
Full Name
Comment Built-in account for administering the
computer/domain
User's comment
Country code 000 (System Default)
Account active Yes
Account expires Never

Password last set 9/30/2005 9:23 AM
Password expires Never
Password changeable 9/30/2005 9:23 AM
Password required Yes
User may change password Yes

Workstations allowed All
Logon script
User profile
Home directory
Last logon 12/9/2005 4:17 PM

Logon hours allowed All

Local Group Memberships *Administrators
Global Group memberships *None
The command completed successfully.
"Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:eNiOJaT$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "Uncle Vinnie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:uoR4PFM$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I have googled this and have not been able to find a solution to this..
>> I hope you can help..
>>
>> Using XP Home-
>>
>> I am set up as administrator, yet I no longer have 'rights', even when
>> signing on as administrator in safe mode.
>>
>> Even right click Start, explore all users, I do see a bunch listed..
>> there
>> is an administrator, and administrator.vinniecompaq, as well as Vinnie
>> Rinaldi.VINNIE.
>>
>> Everywhere I look, it seems I have admin rights, yet I keep getting 'you

> do
>> not have sufficient...'...
>>
>> Help! Thank You!
>>
>> Thank you...
>>
>>
>> --
>> B'Regards,
>>
>> Vinnie

>
> You may have renamed the account called "administrator" to
> something else, then perhaps created a new account called
> "administrator" which is, in fact, an ordinary user account.
>
> To take stock of what you have, do this:
> - Click Start / Run
> - Type cmd {ok}
> - Type these commands:
> net user > c:\accounts.txt
> net localgroup >> c:\accounts.txt
> net localgroup administrators >> c:\accounts.txt
> net user administrator >> c:\accounts.txt
> notepad c:\accounts.txt
>
> Now copy & paste the contents of c:\accounts.txt
> into your reply.
>
>
>



 
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Pegasus \(MVP\)
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      10th Dec 2005
You currently have two administrator accounts on
this PC:
- Administrator
- Vinnie Rinaldi

What happens when you try to log on as "Vinnie Rinaldi"?


"Uncle Vinnie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:#tQIBbZ$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hope I got it right...thank you.. does this tell you something?? Should
> Administrator be plural?
>
>
> User accounts for \\VINNIECOMPAQ
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

-----
> Administrator ASPNET Guest
> HelpAssistant SUPPORT_388945a0 Vinnie Rinaldi
> The command completed successfully.
>
>
> Aliases for \\VINNIECOMPAQ
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

-----
> *Administrators
> *Guests
> *HelpServicesGroup
> *Users
> The command completed successfully.
>
> Alias name administrators
> Comment Administrators have complete and unrestricted access to the
> computer
>
> Members
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

-----
> Administrator
> Vinnie Rinaldi
> The command completed successfully.
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:eNiOJaT$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > "Uncle Vinnie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:uoR4PFM$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> I have googled this and have not been able to find a solution to this..
> >> I hope you can help..
> >>
> >> Using XP Home-
> >>
> >> I am set up as administrator, yet I no longer have 'rights', even when
> >> signing on as administrator in safe mode.
> >>
> >> Even right click Start, explore all users, I do see a bunch listed..
> >> there
> >> is an administrator, and administrator.vinniecompaq, as well as Vinnie
> >> Rinaldi.VINNIE.
> >>
> >> Everywhere I look, it seems I have admin rights, yet I keep getting

'you
> > do
> >> not have sufficient...'...
> >>
> >> Help! Thank You!
> >>
> >> Thank you...
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> B'Regards,
> >>
> >> Vinnie

> >
> > You may have renamed the account called "administrator" to
> > something else, then perhaps created a new account called
> > "administrator" which is, in fact, an ordinary user account.
> >
> > To take stock of what you have, do this:
> > - Click Start / Run
> > - Type cmd {ok}
> > - Type these commands:
> > net user > c:\accounts.txt
> > net localgroup >> c:\accounts.txt
> > net localgroup administrators >> c:\accounts.txt
> > net user administrator >> c:\accounts.txt
> > notepad c:\accounts.txt
> >
> > Now copy & paste the contents of c:\accounts.txt
> > into your reply.
> >
> >
> >

>
>



 
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Uncle Vinnie
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      14th Dec 2005
Hi, Pegasus... I saw your reply last night when on a remote computer (using
Google Groups) - I was unable to reply since I am not registered there.. and
for some odd reason, your reply is not coming up here!

But, to answer your question, even in safe mode, login in as Vinnie Rinaldi
or Administrator, neither has full (100%) admin rights to remove
componenents, etc.. Is there somewhere I can look to see what each user can
do, and add all privileges in?


"Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:eNiOJaT$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "Uncle Vinnie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:uoR4PFM$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I have googled this and have not been able to find a solution to this..
>> I hope you can help..
>>
>> Using XP Home-
>>
>> I am set up as administrator, yet I no longer have 'rights', even when
>> signing on as administrator in safe mode.
>>
>> Even right click Start, explore all users, I do see a bunch listed..
>> there
>> is an administrator, and administrator.vinniecompaq, as well as Vinnie
>> Rinaldi.VINNIE.
>>
>> Everywhere I look, it seems I have admin rights, yet I keep getting 'you

> do
>> not have sufficient...'...
>>
>> Help! Thank You!
>>
>> Thank you...
>>
>>
>> --
>> B'Regards,
>>
>> Vinnie

>
> You may have renamed the account called "administrator" to
> something else, then perhaps created a new account called
> "administrator" which is, in fact, an ordinary user account.
>
> To take stock of what you have, do this:
> - Click Start / Run
> - Type cmd {ok}
> - Type these commands:
> net user > c:\accounts.txt
> net localgroup >> c:\accounts.txt
> net localgroup administrators >> c:\accounts.txt
> net user administrator >> c:\accounts.txt
> notepad c:\accounts.txt
>
> Now copy & paste the contents of c:\accounts.txt
> into your reply.
>
>
>



 
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Pegasus \(MVP\)
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      14th Dec 2005
I can't say because you did not post the output from the
diagnostic commands I recommended.


"Uncle Vinnie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi, Pegasus... I saw your reply last night when on a remote computer

(using
> Google Groups) - I was unable to reply since I am not registered there..

and
> for some odd reason, your reply is not coming up here!
>
> But, to answer your question, even in safe mode, login in as Vinnie

Rinaldi
> or Administrator, neither has full (100%) admin rights to remove
> componenents, etc.. Is there somewhere I can look to see what each user

can
> do, and add all privileges in?
>
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:eNiOJaT$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > "Uncle Vinnie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:uoR4PFM$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> I have googled this and have not been able to find a solution to this..
> >> I hope you can help..
> >>
> >> Using XP Home-
> >>
> >> I am set up as administrator, yet I no longer have 'rights', even when
> >> signing on as administrator in safe mode.
> >>
> >> Even right click Start, explore all users, I do see a bunch listed..
> >> there
> >> is an administrator, and administrator.vinniecompaq, as well as Vinnie
> >> Rinaldi.VINNIE.
> >>
> >> Everywhere I look, it seems I have admin rights, yet I keep getting

'you
> > do
> >> not have sufficient...'...
> >>
> >> Help! Thank You!
> >>
> >> Thank you...
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> B'Regards,
> >>
> >> Vinnie

> >
> > You may have renamed the account called "administrator" to
> > something else, then perhaps created a new account called
> > "administrator" which is, in fact, an ordinary user account.
> >
> > To take stock of what you have, do this:
> > - Click Start / Run
> > - Type cmd {ok}
> > - Type these commands:
> > net user > c:\accounts.txt
> > net localgroup >> c:\accounts.txt
> > net localgroup administrators >> c:\accounts.txt
> > net user administrator >> c:\accounts.txt
> > notepad c:\accounts.txt
> >
> > Now copy & paste the contents of c:\accounts.txt
> > into your reply.
> >
> >
> >

>
>



 
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