Can delete a registry key

A

AAaron123

I run OneCare and it has an error deleting one of the registry keys.
So I run a registry cleaner and it too can not delete a key.
It is shown below.
I assume it is the same one OneCare had a problem with.
I can see that it points to an older version of the ocx (I now have
Flash10a.ocx")

So, have any idea why it can't delete the key?
And how I can do it?

Thanks


BTW, OneCare never gives me the option of selecting items although its text
implies I can. It's no problem but I am curious. Do you know why that could
be so?

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}]
@="FlashProp Class"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\Macromed\\Flash\\Flash8b.ocx"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\Programmable]
 
P

Pegasus \(MVP\)

See below.

AAaron123 said:
I run OneCare and it has an error deleting one of the registry keys.

*** Why do you want to delete this key?
*** Do you know exactly what its purpose is?
*** What happens when you attempt to delete the key?
So I run a registry cleaner and it too can not delete a key.

*** Most registry cleaners are bad news. I would not
*** touch them.
It is shown below.

*** Where? All you show is the keys themselves.
I assume it is the same one OneCare had a problem with.
I can see that it points to an older version of the ocx (I now have
Flash10a.ocx")

So, have any idea why it can't delete the key?
And how I can do it?

*** Try to answer the above questions. Someone
*** will then suggest an appropriate method.
Thanks


BTW, OneCare never gives me the option of selecting items although its
text implies I can. It's no problem but I am curious. Do you know why that
could be so?

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}]
@="FlashProp Class"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\Macromed\\Flash\\Flash8b.ocx"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\Programmable]
 
K

Kelly

Try this: Save what is listed below as a .reg file - call it ocx.reg
Without start and stop

start/

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}]
@="FlashProp Class"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\Macromed\\Flash\\Flash8b.ocx"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\Programmable]


stop/


--

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
 
J

ju.c

Copy and paste this line into the Run box then click OK:

reg delete HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}

Then see if the key is gone.


ju.c
 
A

AAaron123

I did it in a command prompt window so I could see the result and got:
Access is denied.

Guess I'm stuck with it

Thanks



ju.c said:
Copy and paste this line into the Run box then click OK:

reg delete
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}

Then see if the key is gone.


ju.c


AAaron123 said:
I run OneCare and it has an error deleting one of the registry keys.
So I run a registry cleaner and it too can not delete a key.
It is shown below.
I assume it is the same one OneCare had a problem with.
I can see that it points to an older version of the ocx (I now have
Flash10a.ocx")

So, have any idea why it can't delete the key?
And how I can do it?

Thanks


BTW, OneCare never gives me the option of selecting items although its
text implies I can. It's no problem but I am curious. Do you know why
that could be so?

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}]
@="FlashProp Class"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\Macromed\\Flash\\Flash8b.ocx"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\Programmable]
 
A

AAaron123

When I executed it it asked if I wanted to add the information, I said yes
and it said it was successful. But it wasn't.

So I tried the original (i.e. without the minus symbols) to add the keys. I
don't know what should happen if one re-adds a key but I got the message
that the keys are open. I removed Flash from my system and tried again with
the same result. Even tried in Safe mode so I can't imagine anything is
really holding that key open.


Thanks

Kelly said:
Try this: Save what is listed below as a .reg file - call it ocx.reg
Without start and stop

start/

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}]
@="FlashProp Class"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\Macromed\\Flash\\Flash8b.ocx"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\Programmable]


stop/


--

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm


AAaron123 said:
I run OneCare and it has an error deleting one of the registry keys.
So I run a registry cleaner and it too can not delete a key.
It is shown below.
I assume it is the same one OneCare had a problem with.
I can see that it points to an older version of the ocx (I now have
Flash10a.ocx")

So, have any idea why it can't delete the key?
And how I can do it?

Thanks


BTW, OneCare never gives me the option of selecting items although its
text implies I can. It's no problem but I am curious. Do you know why
that could be so?

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}]
@="FlashProp Class"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\Macromed\\Flash\\Flash8b.ocx"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\Programmable]
 
B

Bob I

This is how it should be done.
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14157
When I executed it it asked if I wanted to add the information, I said yes
and it said it was successful. But it wasn't.

So I tried the original (i.e. without the minus symbols) to add the keys. I
don't know what should happen if one re-adds a key but I got the message
that the keys are open. I removed Flash from my system and tried again with
the same result. Even tried in Safe mode so I can't imagine anything is
really holding that key open.


Thanks

Try this: Save what is listed below as a .reg file - call it ocx.reg
Without start and stop

start/

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}]
@="FlashProp Class"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\Macromed\\Flash\\Flash8b.ocx"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\Programmable]


stop/


--

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm


I run OneCare and it has an error deleting one of the registry keys.
So I run a registry cleaner and it too can not delete a key.
It is shown below.
I assume it is the same one OneCare had a problem with.
I can see that it points to an older version of the ocx (I now have
Flash10a.ocx")

So, have any idea why it can't delete the key?
And how I can do it?

Thanks


BTW, OneCare never gives me the option of selecting items although its
text implies I can. It's no problem but I am curious. Do you know why
that could be so?

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}]
@="FlashProp Class"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\Macromed\\Flash\\Flash8b.ocx"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\Programmable]
 
P

Pegasus \(MVP\)

AAaron123 said:
When I executed it it asked if I wanted to add the information, I said yes
and it said it was successful. But it wasn't.

*** Executed what?
So I tried the original (i.e. without the minus symbols) to add the keys.
I don't know what should happen if one re-adds a key but I got the message
that the keys are open.

*** What was the exact message? (verbatim, please!)
I removed Flash from my system and tried again with the same result. Even
tried in Safe mode so I can't imagine anything is really holding that key
open.


Thanks

Kelly said:
Try this: Save what is listed below as a .reg file - call it ocx.reg
Without start and stop

start/

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}]
@="FlashProp Class"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\Macromed\\Flash\\Flash8b.ocx"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\Programmable]


stop/


--

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm


AAaron123 said:
I run OneCare and it has an error deleting one of the registry keys.
So I run a registry cleaner and it too can not delete a key.
It is shown below.
I assume it is the same one OneCare had a problem with.
I can see that it points to an older version of the ocx (I now have
Flash10a.ocx")

So, have any idea why it can't delete the key?
And how I can do it?

Thanks


BTW, OneCare never gives me the option of selecting items although its
text implies I can. It's no problem but I am curious. Do you know why
that could be so?

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}]
@="FlashProp Class"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\Macromed\\Flash\\Flash8b.ocx"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\Programmable]
 
P

Pegasus \(MVP\)

AAaron123 said:
I did it in a command prompt window so I could see the result and got:
Access is denied.

Guess I'm stuck with it

Thanks

No, you're not. While in regedit.exe, you can right-klick any key, then
adjust the permissions so that an Administrator kan modify/delete the key.
You must, of course, be logged on as Administrator.
 
A

AAaron123

Pegasus (MVP) said:
No, you're not. While in regedit.exe, you can right-klick any key, then
adjust the permissions so that an Administrator kan modify/delete the key.
You must, of course, be logged on as Administrator.
I thought sure that was going to do it but when I tried I got "unable to
delete key"

I tried logged in both as myself (an Administrator) and as Admin.
I have Full Control and Read permissions
I notice that the list of users in the Permissions dialog included System
but not Admin.
Are they different names for the same account?

Thanks
 
A

AAaron123

That did not do it.

Thanks

ju.c said:
Copy and paste this line into the Run box then click OK:

reg delete
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}

Then see if the key is gone.


ju.c


AAaron123 said:
I run OneCare and it has an error deleting one of the registry keys.
So I run a registry cleaner and it too can not delete a key.
It is shown below.
I assume it is the same one OneCare had a problem with.
I can see that it points to an older version of the ocx (I now have
Flash10a.ocx")

So, have any idea why it can't delete the key?
And how I can do it?

Thanks


BTW, OneCare never gives me the option of selecting items although its
text implies I can. It's no problem but I am curious. Do you know why
that could be so?

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}]
@="FlashProp Class"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\Macromed\\Flash\\Flash8b.ocx"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\Programmable]
 
A

AAaron123

Pegasus (MVP) said:
*** Executed what?
In somefile.reg:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}]
@="FlashProp Class"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\Macromed\\Flash\\Flash8b.ocx"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\Programmable]





*** What was the exact message? (verbatim, please!)
Can not import--myfilepath.reg:Not all data successfully written to the
registry. Some keys are open by the system or other processes.


Thanks
I removed Flash from my system and tried again with the same result. Even
tried in Safe mode so I can't imagine anything is really holding that key
open.


Thanks

Kelly said:
Try this: Save what is listed below as a .reg file - call it ocx.reg
Without start and stop

start/

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}]
@="FlashProp Class"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\Macromed\\Flash\\Flash8b.ocx"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\Programmable]


stop/


--

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm


I run OneCare and it has an error deleting one of the registry keys.
So I run a registry cleaner and it too can not delete a key.
It is shown below.
I assume it is the same one OneCare had a problem with.
I can see that it points to an older version of the ocx (I now have
Flash10a.ocx")

So, have any idea why it can't delete the key?
And how I can do it?

Thanks


BTW, OneCare never gives me the option of selecting items although its
text implies I can. It's no problem but I am curious. Do you know why
that could be so?

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}]
@="FlashProp Class"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\Macromed\\Flash\\Flash8b.ocx"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\Programmable]
 
A

AAaron123

Bob I said:


It runs ok but does not help
Thanks

When I executed it it asked if I wanted to add the information, I said
yes and it said it was successful. But it wasn't.

So I tried the original (i.e. without the minus symbols) to add the keys.
I don't know what should happen if one re-adds a key but I got the
message that the keys are open. I removed Flash from my system and tried
again with the same result. Even tried in Safe mode so I can't imagine
anything is really holding that key open.


Thanks

Try this: Save what is listed below as a .reg file - call it ocx.reg
Without start and stop

start/

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}]
@="FlashProp Class"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\Macromed\\Flash\\Flash8b.ocx"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\Programmable]


stop/


--

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm



I run OneCare and it has an error deleting one of the registry keys.
So I run a registry cleaner and it too can not delete a key.
It is shown below.
I assume it is the same one OneCare had a problem with.
I can see that it points to an older version of the ocx (I now have
Flash10a.ocx")

So, have any idea why it can't delete the key?
And how I can do it?

Thanks


BTW, OneCare never gives me the option of selecting items although its
text implies I can. It's no problem but I am curious. Do you know why
that could be so?

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}]
@="FlashProp Class"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\Macromed\\Flash\\Flash8b.ocx"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1171A62F-05D2-11D1-83FC-00A0C9089C5A}\Programmable]
 
P

Pegasus \(MVP\)

AAaron123 said:
I thought sure that was going to do it but when I tried I got "unable to
delete key"

I tried logged in both as myself (an Administrator) and as Admin.
I have Full Control and Read permissions
I notice that the list of users in the Permissions dialog included System
but not Admin.
Are they different names for the same account?

Thanks

You must seize ownership of the key and of all subkeys before you can delete
the key.
 
A

AAaron123

I an the owner but I found out something.
I looked at the effective pemissions for me and for Admin.
We do not habe Full Control nor Delete.
However, Administrators does have those.
I am an administrator as is Admin,
Does that mean something to you?


Again, are there two accounts: System and Admin or are both usernames point
to the same account?


Thanks for sticking with this!
 
P

Pegasus \(MVP\)

AAaron123 said:
I an the owner but I found out something.
I looked at the effective pemissions for me and for Admin.
We do not habe Full Control nor Delete.
However, Administrators does have those.
I am an administrator as is Admin,
Does that mean something to you?


Again, are there two accounts: System and Admin or are both usernames
point to the same account?


Thanks for sticking with this!

The "System" account is an internal account. You cannot log on to it. You
should log on as "Administrator". AFAIR you can do this in Safe Mode only on
WinXP Home machines. After seizing ownership of the problem key and its
subkeys, you can give yourself full control rights to the key and its
subkeys. Including the subkeys is critical!
 
A

AAaron123

I have an XP Pro.

If I look at User Accounts I don't see Administrator but Effect Permissions
finds it but shows it as not having Full Control nor Delete permissions.

However, Administrators does have those permissions but I guess that's a
group not a username?

If I could log in to the account Administrator even though it doesn't show
in Users, I don't know the password. OS was installed by Dell. And it
appears to not have the permissions - maybe it implicitly has all
permissions.

Comment?


Thanks again
 
P

Pegasus \(MVP\)

If I received a dollar for each claim that the "Administrator" account did
not exist then I would have a tidy amount of money by now . . . Do this:
- Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
- Type this command:
net user {Enter}
What accounts do you see? Is one of them called "Administrator"? If so, do
you know its password? If not, reset its password, then log on under this
account!

AAaron123 said:
I have an XP Pro.

If I look at User Accounts I don't see Administrator but Effect
Permissions finds it but shows it as not having Full Control nor Delete
permissions.

However, Administrators does have those permissions but I guess that's a
group not a username?

If I could log in to the account Administrator even though it doesn't
show in Users, I don't know the password. OS was installed by Dell. And it
appears to not have the permissions - maybe it implicitly has all
permissions.

Comment?


Thanks again

If I had received a dollar for each claim that the "Administrator" account
did not exist then I would have a tidy amount of money by now . . . Do this:
- Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
- Type this command:
net user {Enter}
What accounts do you see? Is one of them called "Administrator"? If so, do
you know its password? If not, reset its password, then log on under this
account!
 
A

AAaron123

Pegasus (MVP) said:
If I received a dollar for each claim that the "Administrator" account did
not exist then I would have a tidy amount of money by now . . . Do this:
- Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
- Type this command:
net user {Enter}
What accounts do you see? Is one of them called "Administrator"? If so, do
you know its password? If not, reset its password, then log on under this
account!



If I had received a dollar for each claim that the "Administrator" account
did not exist then I would have a tidy amount of money by now . . . Do
this:
- Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}
- Type this command:
net user {Enter}
What accounts do you see? Is one of them called "Administrator"? If so, do
you know its password? If not, reset its password, then log on under this
account!

Thank you. I found the password and the key is gone.
Somehow, I don't think "reset its password" is as simple as your last
sentence makes it appear. Maybe you were smiling when you wrote that.
Anyway, thanks for sticking with me.
 
P

Pegasus \(MVP\)

AAaron123 said:
Thank you. I found the password and the key is gone.
Somehow, I don't think "reset its password" is as simple as your last
sentence makes it appear. Maybe you were smiling when you wrote that.
Anyway, thanks for sticking with me.

Do I get my $1.00 for you finding the "Administrator" account that you
claimed did not exist?

If one of your other accounts had administrative privileges then resetting
the password for the "Administrator" account is as simple as typing this
command:
net user Administrator xxx {Enter}
where xxx is the new password.

If this is not the case then the well-known Nordahl boot disk is the answer.
 

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