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Old 15-09-2008, 06:46 AM   #1
Trayon5
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I have a pc and recently installed a wireless router so a remote pc in our
house could access the web. Foolishly I started pressing buttons and now I
don't have administrative priviledges to my own computer. I now log in as a
guest and I never had to log in at all before. So now I don't know where to
start to untangle all this.



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Old 15-09-2008, 06:56 AM   #2
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My reply is at the bottom of your sent message.

In news:0C70338C-90A2-4390-BD7A-3994D4DBC7F6@microsoft.com,
Trayon5 <mshow@earthlink.net> typed:


> I have a pc and recently installed a wireless router so a remote pc in
> our
> house could access the web. Foolishly I started pressing buttons and now I
> don't have administrative priviledges to my own computer. I now log in as
> a
> guest and I never had to log in at all before. So now I don't know where
> to
> start to untangle all this.


Start - Log Out
If you can't do the above then set it to login to the welcome screen or
something or try via safe mode.
Press CTRL + ALT + DEL two times
Type in administrator and the password
Login
Change your account type.

--
Galen (Not Current MS-MVP)

My Geek Site: http://kgiii.info
Web Hosting: http://whathostingshould.be

"In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason
backwards. That is a very useful accomplishment, and a
very easy one, but people do not practise it much. In the every-day affairs
of life it is more useful to reason forwards, and so
the other comes to be neglected. There are fifty who can reason
synthetically for one who can reason analytically." - Sherlock
Holmes


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Old 15-09-2008, 07:55 AM   #3
Trayon5
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"Galen" wrote:

> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message.
>
> In news:0C70338C-90A2-4390-BD7A-3994D4DBC7F6@microsoft.com,
> Trayon5 <mshow@earthlink.net> typed:
>
>
> > I have a pc and recently installed a wireless router so a remote pc in
> > our
> > house could access the web. Foolishly I started pressing buttons and now I
> > don't have administrative priviledges to my own computer. I now log in as
> > a
> > guest and I never had to log in at all before. So now I don't know where
> > to
> > start to untangle all this.

>
> Start - Log Out
> If you can't do the above then set it to login to the welcome screen or
> something or try via safe mode.
> Press CTRL + ALT + DEL two times
> Type in administrator and the password
> Login
> Change your account type.
>
> --
> Galen (Not Current MS-MVP)
>
> My Geek Site: http://kgiii.info
> Web Hosting: http://whathostingshould.be
>
> "In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason
> backwards. That is a very useful accomplishment, and a
> very easy one, but people do not practise it much. In the every-day affairs
> of life it is more useful to reason forwards, and so
> the other comes to be neglected. There are fifty who can reason
> synthetically for one who can reason analytically." - Sherlock
> Holmes
>
>
> how do i set it to log into the welcome screen, how do i try the safe mode?

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Old 15-09-2008, 07:42 PM   #4
Galen
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My reply is at the bottom of your sent message.

In news:C5D00F0B-D396-45FE-921B-8D239E23705D@microsoft.com,
Trayon5 <mshow@earthlink.net> typed:

> how do i set it to log into the welcome screen, how do i try the safe
> mode?


Safe Mode:
http://kgiii.info/windows/all/general/safemode.html

If you log out, press start and select log out, you can then press the CTRL
+ ALT + DEL twice and login again by typing in another user name, in this
case administrator and the appropriate password.

--
Galen (Not Current MS-MVP)

My Geek Site: http://kgiii.info
Web Hosting: http://whathostingshould.be

"In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason
backwards. That is a very useful accomplishment, and a
very easy one, but people do not practise it much. In the every-day affairs
of life it is more useful to reason forwards, and so
the other comes to be neglected. There are fifty who can reason
synthetically for one who can reason analytically." - Sherlock
Holmes


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Old 16-09-2008, 12:39 PM   #5
Mick Murphy
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To enter Safe Mode tap F8 right at Power on/Startup.
A list of startup options will present themselves.
Use the UP arrow to reach Safe Mode, hit ENTER.
--
Mick Murphy - Qld (Sunshine State) - Australia


"Trayon5" wrote:

>
>
> "Galen" wrote:
>
> > My reply is at the bottom of your sent message.
> >
> > In news:0C70338C-90A2-4390-BD7A-3994D4DBC7F6@microsoft.com,
> > Trayon5 <mshow@earthlink.net> typed:
> >
> >
> > > I have a pc and recently installed a wireless router so a remote pc in
> > > our
> > > house could access the web. Foolishly I started pressing buttons and now I
> > > don't have administrative priviledges to my own computer. I now log in as
> > > a
> > > guest and I never had to log in at all before. So now I don't know where
> > > to
> > > start to untangle all this.

> >
> > Start - Log Out
> > If you can't do the above then set it to login to the welcome screen or
> > something or try via safe mode.
> > Press CTRL + ALT + DEL two times
> > Type in administrator and the password
> > Login
> > Change your account type.
> >
> > --
> > Galen (Not Current MS-MVP)
> >
> > My Geek Site: http://kgiii.info
> > Web Hosting: http://whathostingshould.be
> >
> > "In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason
> > backwards. That is a very useful accomplishment, and a
> > very easy one, but people do not practise it much. In the every-day affairs
> > of life it is more useful to reason forwards, and so
> > the other comes to be neglected. There are fifty who can reason
> > synthetically for one who can reason analytically." - Sherlock
> > Holmes
> >
> >
> > how do i set it to log into the welcome screen, how do i try the safe mode?

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