Re: User -> administrator ?

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"Gaëtan" <gaetan91@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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HI. I have this friend who got a pc from a friend with nothing else on
it than Win XP pro ( no sp1, or sp2 ! )no other programs.
His friend account was the administrator one but forgot to give him his
old password. After few tentatives with passwords my friend gave him, XP
finally asked him to change his password. So he created his own. He
finally got into the OS. So he decided to create a new account in his
own name and password. He did so and it worked fine. But he deleted his
friends administrator account at the same time. So now he's only a
normal user and his pc doesn't have any administrator account! He can't
add, delete or do anything in the pc, not even get to regedit, or to the
" modify your account " window since he's not an administrator !!! Is
there an easy way to transfer is " user account " into an "
administrator account ". I think he doesn't have the Win XP CD !!!
Thanks for your help.
Gaëtan.


It is not possible to delete the administrator account. Ask him to
open a Command Prompt (Start / Run / cmd), then to type this
command:

net user

It lists each and every account name.

there was his friend's name in the account list, listed as an administrator. He hihglighted it, right-clicked and hit " delete ". It was deleted. In fact it's the name but not the account that was deleted I presume. So now when he logs in... he puts his new password but is NOT considered as an administraor.
thnaks for the help. I will continue to try to save his soul ! Hihihi.
Gaetan.
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