I lost admin rights as owner.

[Guest]

I lost my admin rights as the "OWNER" sometime within the last two weeks. As
owner I am now logged in as a "guest". There is no admin account that I know
of or can see under user accounts. Since I cannot log in as any type of
admin I cannot change anything. This is my wife's computer and she does not
know what happened. I cannot add any account or even get in to msconfig.
Please help.

 

[Malke]

I lost my admin rights as the "OWNER" sometime within the last two
weeks. As owner I am now logged in as a "guest". There is no admin
account that I know
of or can see under user accounts. Since I cannot log in as any type
of
admin I cannot change anything. This is my wife's computer and she
does not
know what happened. I cannot add any account or even get in to
msconfig. Please help.

You can log in with the built-in Administrator account and fix your user
issues.

In XP Home, boot the computer into Safe Mode. Do this by repeatedly
tapping the F8 key as the computer is starting up. This will get you to
the right menu. Navigate using your Up arrow key; the mouse will not
work here. Once in Safe Mode, you will see the normally hidden
Administrator account. The default password is a blank.

In XP Pro, you do not need to go into Safe Mode. At the Welcome Screen,
do Ctrl-Alt-Del twice to get the classic Windows logon box. Type in
"Administrator" and whatever password you assigned when you set up
Windows.

Accounts don't lose their privileges all by themselves. Make sure your
computer is 100% virus/malware-free:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Malke