how to block Disabling the Local Administrator Account on Windows XP

[John Leonard - Sage]

I have a user that used the process to disable the administrator account -
see below:

How to Disable the Local Administrator Account on Windows XP

Note before you disable the local Administrator account, make sure that
there is at least one other local or network user who can gain access to the
computer with administrator permissions. Otherwise, you will not be able to
reverse this action in the future.

1.
Log on as Administrator, or as a user with administrator permissions.

2.
Right-click My Computer and then click Manage.

3.
In the left pane, expand the Local Users and Groups node, and then
click Users.

4.
In the right pane, double-click the Administrator account.

5.
On the General tab, select the Account is disabled check box, and then
click OK.

6.
Quit the Computer Management console. The new setting take effect the
next time you attempt to log on to this computer.


Now I'm trying to figure out how to disable this?



I'm also trying to figure out how to get around it without re-installing
everything.



Anyone??



Thx

 

[null2006]

I'm not sure if this will work, but download "John the Ripper" to a CD and see
if it will re-enable the Administrator account.

 

[Vic Baron]

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/cd060213.zip

Burn the iso to a cd. Clear the password and reset it - should enable the
account again.

You might want to browse the above site a bit - lots of good info there
about the issue.

HTH,

Vic