Locked out from the registry

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I recently installed a copy of XP Professional on my computer. I then
created two user accounts, "alpha" and "beta", with the former having
full privileges and the latter being a limited user. So now the
computer has a total of three users, including the Administrator.

The problem is that I accidentally denied alpha from having any access
to the HKLM hive and it's child objects, other than simple read and
enumerate queries. Alpha, has essentially become a "vegetable" - it
cannot launch mmc.exe (and thus cannot edit the local security
policies, etc), or do anything to give itself full permission back to
HKLM.

On top of all this, my brother has disabled the Administrator account
(ie, deny it from logging in). Can anyone suggest a solution to this
mess, other than reformatting and reinstalling?

--Max
 
I recently installed a copy of XP Professional on my computer. I then
created two user accounts, "alpha" and "beta", with the former having
full privileges and the latter being a limited user. So now the
computer has a total of three users, including the Administrator.

The problem is that I accidentally denied alpha from having any access
to the HKLM hive and it's child objects, other than simple read and
enumerate queries. Alpha, has essentially become a "vegetable" - it
cannot launch mmc.exe (and thus cannot edit the local security
policies, etc), or do anything to give itself full permission back to
HKLM.

On top of all this, my brother has disabled the Administrator account
(ie, deny it from logging in). Can anyone suggest a solution to this
mess, other than reformatting and reinstalling?
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If you have disabled the built-in Administrator account, booting into Safe
Mode will automatically enable it again (temporarily, for that Safe Mode
session).

Boot into Safe Mode (tap F8 repeatedly as the computer is starting). If no
user logon appears in Safe Mode where you can type in the user account name
"Administrator" (or click on it), press Ctrl+Alt+Del twice.

And in case your charming brother changed the Administrator password:
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ - NTpasswd

Malke
 
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