Change password back to Admin from Limited WinXP Laptop?

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Dan

I accidentally changed my friend's password
from "Administrator" to "Limited" on his WinXP Compaq
Laptop. How can he easily get the "Administrator" status
back?

There does not appear to be an "Administrator" account at
all any more. When I try and create a new account by the
following: (click Start, click Control Panel, click User
Accounts, click Create A New Account) I can't see "Create
A New Account".

I did not check, but since it's a brand new Compaq Laptop
it would probably have
XP Home and it came with XP pre-installed.

Thanks,

Dan
 
Boot into Safemode(press F8 when starting)
You will see the local admin account there, select it.
Use this admin account to create a new admin account for your friend
Restart to normal windows
 
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