built-in administrator accopunt not working

[Guest]

I was using the built-in administrator account to do some maintenance, and
somehow i disabled it and when i logged out i could not log back in, that is
the only administrator account on the computer and the highest rank that
exists is my power user account and i have tried a lot of things but i have
no access, is there anything i can do to recover this, because withough
logging in to an administrator account i cant recieve crutial updates and
install new security. Please Help


Thank You

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Original Administrator Account Does Not Appear During Friendly Logon Method
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;281992&Product=winxp

Enable Administrator account on Welcome Screen
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_admin_ok.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Doug Knox]

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Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| I was using the built-in administrator account to do some maintenance, and
| somehow i disabled it and when i logged out i could not log back in, that is
| the only administrator account on the computer and the highest rank that
| exists is my power user account and i have tried a lot of things but i have
| no access, is there anything i can do to recover this, because withough
| logging in to an administrator account i cant recieve crutial updates and
| install new security. Please Help
|
|
| Thank You

 

[Guest]

I had the administrator account enabled on the welcome screen but i disabled
it through computer management somehow and it does not appear their or using
the conventional Win2000 logon it sais that the account is disabled and to
contact the admin. I also tried the application you provided and nothing
happened, i have not tried safe mode yet because i do not remember the
startup keys you have to hold down

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

If you managed to disable the buiilt-in Administrator account, completely, and have no other Administrator level user, you're screwed.

However, you may be able to use a Linux boot disk to reset the Administrator account to Enabled.

http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

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I had the administrator account enabled on the welcome screen but i disabled
it through computer management somehow and it does not appear their or using
the conventional Win2000 logon it sais that the account is disabled and to
contact the admin. I also tried the application you provided and nothing
happened, i have not tried safe mode yet because i do not remember the
startup keys you have to hold down

Original Administrator Account Does Not Appear During Friendly Logon Method
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;281992&Product=winxp

Enable Administrator account on Welcome Screen
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_admin_ok.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Doug Knox]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

 

[Guest]

Well im not a very experienced user and i hardly understand anything from
that page, if you could help me by putting it in simpler terms for me i would
be very grate ful. Thank You.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Not really. This is kind of a last ditch effort. Download the appropriate package (bootable CD/floppy)

CD http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/cd060213.zip
Floppy http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/bd050303.zip

And extract the files inside. To create a bootable CD, you need 3rd party software such as Nero, Roxio or you can use ISO Rec order, http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm, to burn the ISO file to CD (assuming you have a CD burner, or access to one).

Go to: http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html and in the Download section refer to the How to make........ section for the package you downloaded. Copy and past it into a word processor or notepad and print it out. In fact, you may want to print the whole page. According to the instructions there, the process should be pretty automatic.

Once you've created the bootable disk, reboot the computer using that disk. The program will start, and you'll need to go through the instructions. The directory you want in Path and File Select is the SAM, so you'd choose option 1.

In section 4, choose option 1, and then select the Administrator account (default). In the next screen, you'll see the options for the Administrator account. Disabled probably has an X in it. See if you can highlight it, and change it to unchecked.

I've never used this utility to reset an account status, its normally used to reset lost passwords. However, if your only Administrator level account on the machine is disabled, you've got nothing to lose.

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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.

Well im not a very experienced user and i hardly understand anything from
that page, if you could help me by putting it in simpler terms for me i would
be very grate ful. Thank You.

 

[Guest]

Thank You very, very,vey much! I used it and it worked, so now i dont have to
reformat and lose a lot of time and files. Once again thank you very much

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

You're very welcome, Ari!

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Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.

Thank You very, very,vey much! I used it and it worked, so now i dont have to
reformat and lose a lot of time and files. Once again thank you very much