Re: Managing Computer Profiles-Setting account admimistrator

xxswt_gurlxx wrote:
Anyone who knows anything please respond.

I have always been set as the computer administrator on the computer, however my brother recently changed the settings in order to gain access on another profile so that he could check on a program that was acting up. The problem is he stilll was not able to do what he needed with the other account and he disabled it, to see if that would allow him to change anything (but it did not help either). So to make a long story short the other profile is disabled and my profile is set to a limited account, and i still have the guest account- THE BIG PROBLEM is that I cannot regain access as the computer administrator now, and neither can the guest profile, I cannot make any changes to programs, or even try to do a system restore because everytime i try it says " you do not have sufficient privileges to install...etc.", and or it will say " You do not access to make the required system configuration modifications. Please rerun from an admistrators account". only problem is none of the accounts are administrators- Any help PLEASE HELP!!!


Simply log in using the built-in Administrator account (which cannot be deleted) and modify the desired account(s) and use Start > Run > "control userpasswords2" to modify the desired account(s). By design, the only way to log into the Administrator account of WinXP Home is to reboot into Safe Mode. For WinXP Pro, pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL twice at the Welcome Screen will produce the standard login dialog box.


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