Re: administrator account hidden

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"dbzrocks" <dbzrocks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C23C0A8E-A436-4AFE-8658-019C5EED60C3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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.

As you can see the list of users I infer that you apparently ARE able to get
into the system (in safe mode?)

In that case you might try the following.
get a 30-day trail copy of Hyena (http://www.systemtools.com/hyena/)
That will list (among others) your users and you will be able to make your
original account 'Administrator' a member of the group 'Administrators' and
possibly assign a new password.
I've seen the behaviour in XP Home that when accounts are made 'Limited',
they vanish from the Welcome screen.
They stay on the system, but have become unusable.
'Limited' translates to the group 'Power Users', but that group does not
exist in Home Ed, thus leaving the accounts member of a group the OS does
not understand.

hth

george



> 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).
>>
>> --
>> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart
>> Display\Security
>> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
>> http://www.dougknox.com
>> --------------------------------
>> Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
>> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
>> --------------------------------
>> Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
>> Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.
>>
>> "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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