Administrator Account

[Guest]

I recently was screwing around with control userpasswords2 and I edited the
Administrator account and edited my account so now it's a guest account. I
can't figure out how to undo this....can't log on to administrator account.

Please Help

 

[Guest]

Hi p38746, i would try going into user acounts in the control panel and would
try changing the account type...

 

[Gordon]

I recently was screwing around with control userpasswords2 and I edited the
Administrator account and edited my account so now it's a guest account. I
can't figure out how to undo this....can't log on to administrator
account.

What exactly do you mean "can't log on to administrator account"? How are
you trying and what happens when you do?

 

[Gordon]

Hi p38746, i would try going into user acounts in the control panel and
would
try changing the account type...

You need to be an administrator to do that - the OP says he can't log on as
administrator......

 

[Guest]

When I try to log on as an administrator it says make sure your username and
password are correct

 

[Gordon]

When I try to log on as an administrator it says make sure your username
and
password are correct

Are you trying to log on as The Administrator, or as a user with Admin
rights? And what version of XP?

 

[Guest]

I'm trying to log on as the administrator and I'm running Windows XP Home
Edition.

 

[Gordon]

I'm trying to log on as the administrator and I'm running Windows XP Home
Edition.

Then the only way you can log on as The Administrator is by booting into
Safe Mode - tap F8 repeatedly when you switch the machine on, and you should
get a menu up, which Safe Mode will appear on. When there, it's highly
likely that there is no password set for The Administrator Account, (i.e.
leave the field blank) particularly if your copy of Home Edition came
pre-installed.

HTH

 

[Guest]

I did re-install windows and the last time I tried safe mode it didn't work

 

[Gordon]

I did re-install windows and the last time I tried safe mode it didn't work

When you say safe Mode doesn't "work" what do you mean? Do you mean you
can't get into safe Mode at all, or do you mean you can't get into
Administrator in Safe Mode?

 

[Malke]

When I try to log on as an administrator it says make sure your
username and password are correct

In XP Home, boot the computer into Safe Mode. Do this by repeatedly
tapping the F8 key as the computer is starting up. This will get you to
the right menu. Navigate using your Up arrow key; the mouse will not
work here. Once in Safe Mode, you will see the normally hidden
Administrator account. The default password is a blank.

In XP Pro, you do not need to go into Safe Mode. At the Welcome Screen,
do Ctrl-Alt-Del twice to get the classic Windows logon box. Type in
"Administrator" and whatever password you assigned when you set up
Windows.

If you reset the built-in Administrator account's password in Home or
have Pro and don't remember the password, use NTpasswd to change the
built-in Administrator account's password to a blank.

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

Then go to the User Accounts applet in Control Panel and set passwords
that you will remember and make other desired changes.

Malke

 

[Guest]

I can get into safe mode but not log in to the admin account.

 

[Gordon]

I can get into safe mode but not log in to the admin account.

What happens when you try? PLEASE try to post as much information as you
can - it's dragging out a bit.

 

[Guest]

Well the main problem that I have is I can't use alot of programs in windows
like system restore because of settings that I made by accident in control
userpasswords2. When I boot into safe mode and the log on screen comes up I
type in Administrator and no password because I never made a password and it
says windows cannot log on make sure your user name and password are correct.
I don't think there is much to do about this but, do you know any alternate
system restore options besides the Windows XP Home Edition CD?

 

[Gordon]

Well the main problem that I have is I can't use alot of programs in
windows
like system restore because of settings that I made by accident in control
userpasswords2. When I boot into safe mode and the log on screen comes up
I
type in Administrator and no password because I never made a password and
it
says windows cannot log on make sure your user name and password are
correct.

Malke? Any ideas?

 

[Guest]

If worse comes to worst, use your guest account and follow these steps EXACTLY:

Print out these instructions (copy and paste into a text editor)

Click Start, then Run, type in "cmd" (without the ""'s) and press enter.
Once in, type the following, line after line, pressing enter at the end of
each line:

cd\
cd %windir%
ren logon.scr logon2.scr
copy cmd.exe logon.scr
exit

Now, log off and wait how ever long it usually takes for the screen saver to
come up (the one that comes up before you log in). DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING
UNTIL IT COMES UP.

When the black box comes back up, type in the following:

cd\
cd %windir%
del logon.scr
ren logon2.scr logon.scr
start control

This will open up the control panel with system-level priviledges. Go into
user accounts and make your changes.

 

[Guest]

OK..
after each line that says cd %windir% (both times), type this line and press
enter:

cd system32

 

[Guest]

If it asks you to overwrite, answer yes (y, then enter)

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Nice idea.

Or the OP can use the NET USE command to reset the Administrator account
password.

Also note that the procedure suggested by Jonathan assumes that:

1. Logon.scr is set as the logon screensaver (which is the Windows default
setting)
2. The drive is formatted as FAT32. If it is NTFS, guest accounts can't
rename logon.scr in the first place.

If nothing helps, one can use the tool suggested by Malke to reset the Admin
password.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


If worse comes to worst, use your guest account and follow these steps
EXACTLY:

Print out these instructions (copy and paste into a text editor)

Click Start, then Run, type in "cmd" (without the ""'s) and press enter.
Once in, type the following, line after line, pressing enter at the end of
each line:

cd\
cd %windir%
ren logon.scr logon2.scr
copy cmd.exe logon.scr
exit

Now, log off and wait how ever long it usually takes for the screen saver to
come up (the one that comes up before you log in). DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING
UNTIL IT COMES UP.

When the black box comes back up, type in the following:

cd\
cd %windir%
del logon.scr
ren logon2.scr logon.scr
start control

This will open up the control panel with system-level priviledges. Go into
user accounts and make your changes.

 

[Guest]

I went to this link but I don't understand anything..