Local Users in Computer Management

[Guest]

For some reason, I am not able to log on with the Administrator account on my
computer (returns message indicating restriction on account). When I go to
the Computer Management app, there is no Local users and Groups entry in the
tree.

What can I do to enable the Administrator Account?

 

[Colin Nash [MVP]]

For some reason, I am not able to log on with the Administrator account on
my
computer (returns message indicating restriction on account). When I go to
the Computer Management app, there is no Local users and Groups entry in
the
tree.

What can I do to enable the Administrator Account?

In Windows XP Home Edition, the built-in account called "Administrator" can
only be used while booted into Safe Mode. An attempt when not in Safe Mode
will get the eorr message about a restriction.

Also in XP Home, there is no "local users and groups" in Computer
Management. User Management is done only through the control panel
applets, and is basically limited to creating "computer administrators" or
"limited users." More advanced user administration is available in XP Pro
only.

 

[Clark Jeffries]

']"Puzzled_User" (e-mail address removed) wrote in
message
For some reason, I am not able to log on with the Administrator
account on
my
computer (returns message indicating restriction on account). When I
go to
the Computer Management app, there is no Local users and Groups entry
in
the
tree.

What can I do to enable the Administrator Account?-

In Windows XP Home Edition, the built-in account called "Administrator"
can
only be used while booted into Safe Mode. An attempt when not in Safe
Mode
will get the eorr message about a restriction.

Also in XP Home, there is no "local users and groups" in Computer
Management. User Management is done only through the control panel
applets, and is basically limited to creating "computer administrators"
or
"limited users." More advanced user administration is available in XP
Pro
only.

I lost my administrator's logon account on startup. who do I reset this
to my pc. I have XP pro, but the only account is a limited acct and it
doesn't allow me to change it to an administrator acct. This was my
fault as I accidently removed the adm acct. by giving the limited acct
adm rights to download a large file. Then when I went back and changed
the limited back to "limited" the adm acct was gone. Now I can't do
anything because all changes require adm rights. What can I do?

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

I lost my administrator's logon account on startup. who do I reset this
to my pc. I have XP pro, but the only account is a limited acct and it
doesn't allow me to change it to an administrator acct. This was my
fault as I accidently removed the adm acct. by giving the limited acct
adm rights to download a large file. Then when I went back and changed
the limited back to "limited" the adm acct was gone. Now I can't do
anything because all changes require adm rights. What can I do?

Hi,

Log on with the builtin Administrator user:

How to Log On to Windows XP If You Forget Your Password or Your
Password Expires
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;321305


If you have a password issue, you might try to reset the local
Administrator password with one of the methods mentioned here
(you might need to create the boot cd/floppy on another computer):

http://securityadmin.info/noframes/faqget.asp#password

http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm