Administrator Password

[Guest]

Have just brought a new laptop with Vista Home Premium installed. My sons
have decided that they want to load up software without my knowledge; this
was not what the laptop was brought for.

I decided to create an Admin Account and Family Account to stop the loading
of unwanted software, plus set up internet parental controls.

Now every time I go to change any setting, the window comes up "Windows
Needs Your Permission and type in your password." But there is nowhere to
type in the password. Even when I log in on Admin and try to make changes, it
asks me the same question and nowhere to enter the Password.

One mistake that I’ve done is not to make a “Password reset diskâ€

Can anyone help?????

 

[youyang]

Hi, Carbra
I don't know what you want to know,
Maybe, you want to reset the administrator account's password, right?

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Carbra

The only time a prompt to enter the administrator password should pop is
when you are logged on with a Standard User account? If you are logged with
an Administrator account, you should just see a prompt with a Continue or
Cancel button.

Are you sure you are logged on with an administrator account?

 

[Guest]

i am also get the same problem,i have change my first logged name to a
standard account and forbidden the amin account, i am can't find the place to
enter the amin's password,it's gray.

any body can help me please? i want back my control.

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

The administrator account that you are seeing when the UAC prompt pops up is
probably the built-in admin account since you changed the only other admin
account to a standard user account.

The built-in admin account does not have a password associated with it until
you set a password for that account.

When that prompt pops up again try pressing the Enter key.

Let me know what happens.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


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