Please help...admin account overwritten---windows xp pro.

[mhb22079]

Hello:

I have a strange situation. I installed DB2 connect on a machine that
had just 1 account (administrator). It appears that the application
created its own account as computer administrator. Now at boot up I
only have the option to log in with the new account. Under windows
explorer I see the old "administrator" folder and associated files in
documents/settings, but would REALLY like to have my desktop, settings,
etc back. I'm afraid to do anything that would risk losing the original
files.

I have tried system restores but it does not work.

Any ideas?

Thanks to anyone that gets me out this mess!

 

[CreateWindow]

Hi,

While you still have admin access. Create a new user called Admin with a
simple password that you won't forget. Make this user a member of the
Administrators group.
Now log off and log on using the new Admin user you just created. This will
make a profile and virgin desktop.
Now log off and log on as the DB2 Administrator ? I guess.

Anyway, in Control Panel / System / Advanced (tab) / User Profiles ->
Settings button you will hopefully find the good old profile you want.
Hopefully its not one of the "Account Unknown" entries.

Now just "Copy" the profile you think is your 'good' one (probably the
largest) to the actual folder Documents & Settings\Admin

Log off.

OK, Now log on using "Admin" and maybe all your desktop settings will be
there.

Not sure if this is going to work in your case - but - I hope it helps.

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[mhb22079]

Thank you, it worked fine

 

[AJR]

The XP Administrator account cannot be deleted or overwritten. A new user
account can preclude the computer booting with the Administrator account.

It is unusall System Resotroe did not return the computer to the state prior
to installing "DB connect" - you asre positive you selected a restore point
prior to the installation?

Do: Start>Control panel>User accounts - delete the account created by Db2.

 

[AJR]

Whew - sorry about the "spelling" errors - have been depending on Spell
Checker too much!

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Hello:

I have a strange situation. I installed DB2 connect on a machine that
had just 1 account (administrator).

That's a very risky arrangement, and bad practice.

It appears that the application
created its own account as computer administrator.

Yes, *another* account. It did not overwrite the Admin account. It can't
do this.

Now at boot up I
only have the option to log in with the new account.

This is normal behaviour, to discourage use of the Admin account for regular
use. If you create another account, you will see those two.

Under windows
explorer I see the old "administrator" folder and associated files in
documents/settings,

Yes, that's because that account is there, as you left it.

but would REALLY like to have my desktop, settings,
etc back. I'm afraid to do anything that would risk losing the original
files.

I have tried system restores but it does not work.

System Restore may or may not work, but it won't remove (or back up)
accounts or user data. That's not what system restore is for.

Any ideas?

Thanks to anyone that gets me out this mess!

You're not in the mess you think you're in.

At login, press control+alt+delete twice to get the login box rather than
the welcome screen. Enter "administrator" and its password. You'll be
logged in.

You can also use TweakUI from the XP Powertoys to turn on the display of the
Administrator account at the Welcome screen.

Create another user account, migrate all your data and settings to that, and
leave the Admin account alone except for critical maintenance.

In XP Home, the Administrator account can only be accessed in Safe Mode.

HTH
-pk