Will a "R" repair of Windows XP Prof add back Administrator?

[North Coast Sea Foods]

Lost the Administrator account - does not exist in Safe mode.

If I run the "R" repair using the original CD - will it add back the
Administrator?

Thx

 

[Wesley Vogel]

The Administrator account exists in Windows XP Home Edition, but it does not
typically appear on the Welcome logon screen. In Windows XP Home Edition
the Administrator account is not displayed in User Accounts unless the
computer is in Safe mode. You have to boot into Safe Mode to access the
Administrator account in User Accounts.

Start | Settings | Control Panel | User Accounts

To start the computer in safe mode
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/boot_failsafe.mspx

Also see this...
Error Message: Unable to Log You on Because of an Account Restriction
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290109

[[On a Windows XP Professional-based computer that is a member of a
workgroup, you have the option of using the friendly logon interface as
opposed to the classic Windows logon interface. If you add a second user
that has administrative privileges, the built-in Administrator account does
not appear during the friendly logon method. ]]

Original Administrator Account Does Not Appear During Friendly Logon Method
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;281992

HOW TO: Disable the Local Administrator Account in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;281140


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[jg]

In short form for Wesley, Administrator account may not have been lost.
1 from control panel-users and accounts, check to see if administrator
account exists or equivalent ( renamed)
2 from the friendly logon mode screen after boot up (if you don't have
another admin account),
try alt-control-del key combination quickly a couple of times until you see
the logon prompt. type in the administrator account name and password.

You will then know if the administrator account has been really lost or just
hidden

 

[John Leonard - Sage]

Sorry
Guess you did not see my earlier post.

here it is.

Some how a user was able to remove/delete the Local Administrator

Account.

When I log on in Safe mode - it does not exists.

How do I get it back?

I am using XP Professional

The Administrator account exists in Windows XP Home Edition, but it does
not
typically appear on the Welcome logon screen. In Windows XP Home Edition
the Administrator account is not displayed in User Accounts unless the
computer is in Safe mode. You have to boot into Safe Mode to access the
Administrator account in User Accounts.

Start | Settings | Control Panel | User Accounts

To start the computer in safe mode
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/boot_failsafe.mspx

Also see this...
Error Message: Unable to Log You on Because of an Account Restriction
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290109

[[On a Windows XP Professional-based computer that is a member of a
workgroup, you have the option of using the friendly logon interface as
opposed to the classic Windows logon interface. If you add a second user
that has administrative privileges, the built-in Administrator account
does
not appear during the friendly logon method. ]]

Original Administrator Account Does Not Appear During Friendly Logon
Method
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;281992

HOW TO: Disable the Local Administrator Account in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;281140


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Lost the Administrator account - does not exist in Safe mode.

If I run the "R" repair using the original CD - will it add back the
Administrator?

Thx

 

[John Leonard - Sage]

Thanks

See my reply to group

I did alt-control-del key combination quickly a couple times - it will not
let me log on as Administrator.

I checked the profiles and it does not exists.

Will the "R" re-install the local Administrator?

 

[q_q_anonymous]

Thanks

See my reply to group

I did alt-control-del key combination quickly a couple times - it will not
let me log on as Administrator.

I checked the profiles and it does not exists.

Will the "R" re-install the local Administrator?

I guess one can only know that if they had the problem and tried it. Do
report back.

But, if R replaces the registry, then it should do.
(if it doesn't, then maybe if you delete the registry files, then R
then it'll replace them. But that's dangerous speculation by me)

Maybe you could add user accounts from the registry (if XP Home doesn't
let you do it with a GUI in windows)

Maybe another XP Home machine or even XP Pro machine will, in their
registry, show you what to change.