Administrator as a user

[Brian]

I had an administrators account, changed my user name to
have administrator priviledges, now the administrator
icon has disappeared and I can't load new programs
because I don't have 'admistrator priviledges!!! What to
do? Help!

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

I had an administrators account, changed my user name to
have administrator priviledges, now the administrator
icon has disappeared and I can't load new programs
because I don't have 'admistrator priviledges!!! What to
do? Help!

Brian,

Press the CTRL-ALT-DEL keys (together) twice quickly at the Welcome screen,
this will bring up the old logon box. You can then logon as the
Administrator account there.

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Mike
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[Andrej Budja [MVP]]

Hold down Ctrl+Alt+Del on the welcome screen for 2 seconds.

You can also manually add an account to the welcome screen:
Start/Run/Regedit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList
Create a value for the users you want to list (using the Username),
and set the value to 1.

Andrej

 

[Joe Dougherty]

BMarcel

If all else fails, remember you can always make certain
changes through the boot-up utility of your computer.

It's usually accessed by:
1) shut down
2) start up, and before Windows splash screen appears
3) hold down defined F-key to access boot-up utilities

That "defined F-key" is usually F8 or F10. For Windows
XP, both have a different purpose and F10 would be the
one you'd want to use for your situation.

- (e-mail address removed)


-----Original Message-----

On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 02:37:42 -0700, "Brian"
<[email protected]
wrote:

I had an administrators account, changed my user name to
have administrator priviledges, now the administrator
icon has disappeared and I can't load new programs
because I don't have 'admistrator priviledges!!! What to
do? Help!