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Keith Patrick
I've been stuck on this issue all weekend, have calls into MS tech support,
etc, because basically I'm locked out of any admin tasks. The problem I'm
having is that the UAC prompt that says I need to enter an admin password to
continue doesn't actually list any accounts. This happened after I reverted
my regular account from admin to standard (there still is a built-in
Administrator account listed in Computer Management).
So as a result, I can't do any administrator activities (like turning off
UAC or reinstalling the OS)...and because Vista disables my MS (Natural
4000) keyboard during startup, I cannot enter Safe Mode, either.
So I've given up trying to find a way around UAC. Now I'm focusing on
getting an admin account to show up the UAC list. Anyone know how to do
this? It does look like the Administrator account is disabled, but why would
Vista allow this to lock out admins, since it wouldn't allow the last admin
account to be deleted, but that's what's effectively happened.
BTW: I've also tried to write a .Net client to impersonate the
administrator, but when it's worked, it still lists my user as being the
non-admin, even though it won't show an error.
etc, because basically I'm locked out of any admin tasks. The problem I'm
having is that the UAC prompt that says I need to enter an admin password to
continue doesn't actually list any accounts. This happened after I reverted
my regular account from admin to standard (there still is a built-in
Administrator account listed in Computer Management).
So as a result, I can't do any administrator activities (like turning off
UAC or reinstalling the OS)...and because Vista disables my MS (Natural
4000) keyboard during startup, I cannot enter Safe Mode, either.
So I've given up trying to find a way around UAC. Now I'm focusing on
getting an admin account to show up the UAC list. Anyone know how to do
this? It does look like the Administrator account is disabled, but why would
Vista allow this to lock out admins, since it wouldn't allow the last admin
account to be deleted, but that's what's effectively happened.
BTW: I've also tried to write a .Net client to impersonate the
administrator, but when it's worked, it still lists my user as being the
non-admin, even though it won't show an error.