Administrator

[Guest]

I removed an old named account and left the original administrator on my
system. I changed the password and then closed the computer down.
When I rebooted the welcome message tells you to select a user but there are
none shown. I press CRT ALT Del twice and it recognises the administrator and
password but says that I am unable to log on because of an account
restriction. Is there any way of geting back into my machine?

Thanks
Richard

 

[Steven L Umbach]

Try booting into Safe Mode as the administrator account may be disabled in
regular logon. --- Steve

 

[Guest]

Thanks.

I booted in safe mode F8, and using my old adminstrator password managed to
create a new account. I then just had to redo my personal account properties,
desktop etc.

Thanks for the help

regards
Richard Barnard

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

It sounds as if you're using XP Home. The Administrator account can only be accessed in Safe Mode for XP Home.