Re: administrator account hidden

Hi Doug!
I tried both ways you showed me to reinstate my administrative account, but
on the first one, it made me put in a password, which I do not know. So it
would not add me back as administrator. None of our other passwords would
work either. The second way did not work because every time I went into safe
mode, and I did ctr/alt/del the other welcome window would not come up. Is
there another way? To make it more clear what happened, I was administrator.
I then set up another administrative account, and I do not know why I did
this, I guess I was experimenting, and I set my major admin account as
limited, and made the new one the admin account, which I do not know the
password for. When I look at the list of users, all of the accounts are
there, but I cannot use any of them. I want to either use the admin account
I first set up, or use the other one, but neither of them are listed in user
account. My son's name and password does not work either, and he is not
listed on the user account page either. Neither is my guest account. Hope
you can help. Thanks, Rhonda

"Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote:

> The Administrator account is still there.
>
> For XP Pro: With no users logged on, press CTRL-ALT-DEL twice at the Welcome Screen. You'll get the old Win2K style logon dialog.
>
> For XP Home: The built-in Administrator account can only be accessed via Safe Mode, at this point. See Help and Support for "Safe Mode". The built-in Administrator account will appear on the Welcome Screen once you're in Safe Mode.
>
> To enable the Administrator account on the new Windows XP logon screen, visit my web site, www.dougknox.com and go to the Windows XP section. Follow the link for Enable Administrator Account ...... The same restrictions still apply for XP Home (only accessible via Safe Mode).
>
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> "dbzrocks" <dbzrocks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:D3347098-012F-4E6D-9E2E-108D00426258@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I was administrator on my computer. I added another administrative account
> > and made my first one limited, but now none of my or my son's accounts
> > appear, and there is no administrative account on my computer. If I look at
> > the list of users, it shows my administrative account and many others, but
> > they are not accessible. I cannot use my computer as there is no
> > administrator. How do I get my original administrative account back. The
> > help I was already given did not work. Thank you Rhonda
>
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