disabled admin account

[sawyer]

I was in the Computer Management Property sheet and
disabled the Administrator account. Later, I reduced the
user account from Administrator rights to a limited
user. Oops! Now I can not enable the Amin account or
increase my user privleges. I am unable to install
updates or run my win XP disk. I am using XP pro. If
anyone can help that would be huge. Thanks. Sawyer

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Are you on a LAN with another computer running XP Pro?

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

I was in the Computer Management Property sheet and
disabled the Administrator account. Later, I reduced the
user account from Administrator rights to a limited
user. Oops! Now I can not enable the Amin account or
increase my user privleges. I am unable to install
updates or run my win XP disk. I am using XP pro. If
anyone can help that would be huge. Thanks. Sawyer

Hi

The original Administrator is always enabled when booting
into Safe mode, so that should solve your problem...

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
I was in the Computer Management Property sheet and
disabled the Administrator account. Later, I reduced the
user account from Administrator rights to a limited
user. Oops! Now I can not enable the Amin account or
increase my user privleges. I am unable to install
updates or run my win XP disk. I am using XP pro. If
anyone can help that would be huge. Thanks. Sawyer
.
Doug, I am not on a network. I have a direct connect

cable, so I could bring another computer w/ xp. What do
I do then?

Torgeir, I tried booting in safe mode, but when I got to
the welcome screen, no accounts were visible. Any more
ideas?

 

[Guest]

No, however I could get another and network them w/ a
direct connect cable. How do I activate the admin?

 

[Guest]

I tried safe mode but there were no users visible at the
welcome screen. Any other ideas?

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

What I was shooting for is, if you're on a network, on the second machine, you can right click on My Computer, select Manage. When Computer Management opens, right click where it says Computer Management (Local) and select Connect to another computer. Type in the machine name of the affected computer and once connected, go to System Tools, Local Users and Groups. You can manage the affected machines accounts from there.

Note: Generally, you must use a username/password combination that exists on the affected machine, to log into the machine that you're attempting this from. This may not work, if the account you're using (in this case Administrator) is disabled.

I don't know if this would work over a Direct Cable Connection or not.

 

[sawyer]

I will give this a shot. I can't try it today. I
appreciate your help. I will post a response when I try
it. Sawyer

-----Original Message-----
What I was shooting for is, if you're on a network, on

the second machine, you can right click on My Computer,
select Manage. When Computer Management opens, right
click where it says Computer Management (Local) and
select Connect to another computer. Type in the machine
name of the affected computer and once connected, go to
System Tools, Local Users and Groups. You can manage the
affected machines accounts from there.

Note: Generally, you must use a username/password

combination that exists on the affected machine, to log
into the machine that you're attempting this from. This
may not work, if the account you're using (in this case
Administrator) is disabled.

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

cable, so I could bring another computer w/ xp. What do
I do then?

Torgeir, I tried booting in safe mode, but when I got to
the welcome screen, no accounts were visible. Any more
ideas?

Hi

At this screen, press Ctrl-Alt-Del *twice*.

You should then be presented with the "Log On to Windows" dialog box
where you can enter Administrator in the "User name" field.

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

I tried safe mode but there were no users visible at the
welcome screen. Any other ideas?

Hi

At this screen, press Ctrl-Alt-Del *twice*.

You should then be presented with the "Log On to Windows" dialog box
where you can enter Administrator in the "User name" field.