Help! Don't have administrator rights to any users

[izzybugs]

I accidentally changed my administrator rights when I
changed the logon name... now nobody has administrator
rights. How do I create or edit an existing user & add
administrator rights without having to reinstall
everything?

 

[Marli]

What about using the default Windows XP Administrator
account? If you're using the welcome screen, you
generally can't see it, so just press Ctrl + Alt + Delete
a few times at the welcome screen to bring up the
Username/Password logon. Then type Administrator (and the
password for the account if you gave it one when you
installed Windows). This account has system-wide
administrator rights and should allow you to give your
other accounts administrator access too.

 

[PopRivet]

I don 't recall the details but I do recall that XP
will not allow you to not have an admin account: If
you try to kill all admin accounts, it creates one for
you.
Look around Help: It's in there what to do.

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| I accidentally changed my administrator rights when I
| changed the logon name... now nobody has
administrator
| rights. How do I create or edit an existing user &
add
| administrator rights without having to reinstall
| everything?