NO administrator account

help wrote:
> My daughter had access to my husbands and sons computer and left home but not
> before deleting me as administrator from it and making all other accounts
> limited accounts. Hers is the only administrator account (presumably) and is
> password protected. Is there anything that I can do to restore administartor
> access. We did not password protect any of our accounts as we did not think
> we would have to. Tried to control alt del twice as previous post suggested
> for another but that only brought up my sons limited account. Please can
> someone 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.

How to Log On to Windows XP If You Forget Your Password or Your
Password Expires
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q321305

Failing that, Linux-based password cracking utilities abound on the
Internet, freely available to anyone who can use Google.


--

Bruce Chambers

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Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot

"help" <help DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:21A0CD31-0DCD-448A-A337-866A7E61E53A@microsoft.com...
> My daughter had access to my husbands and sons computer and left home but
> not
> before deleting me as administrator from it and making all other accounts
> limited accounts. Hers is the only administrator account (presumably) and
> is
> password protected. Is there anything that I can do to restore
> administartor
> access. We did not password protect any of our accounts as we did not
> think
> we would have to. Tried to control alt del twice as previous post
> suggested
> for another but that only brought up my sons limited account. Please can
> someone help?


Boot into Safe Mode and log on as The Administrator. password is (usually)
blank - ie nothing at all.

Try OPHCRACK, run from a bootable (live) CD. The ISO image of the CD is
free. But, be sure to create the physical CD using software that supports
burn-from-image or similar (e.g., Nero or Easy Cd Creator). Do not simply
drag&drop the ISO to a CD.

http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/

This program can recover many XP passwords within minutes. It is not
guarranteed to work, especially on long passwords, but it is easy to try and
is free.

"help" <help DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:21A0CD31-0DCD-448A-A337-866A7E61E53A@microsoft.com...
> My daughter had access to my husbands and sons computer and left home but
> not
> before deleting me as administrator from it and making all other accounts
> limited accounts. Hers is the only administrator account (presumably) and
> is
> password protected. Is there anything that I can do to restore
> administartor
> access. We did not password protect any of our accounts as we did not
> think
> we would have to. Tried to control alt del twice as previous post
> suggested
> for another but that only brought up my sons limited account. Please can
> someone help?

I'm having the same problem more or less. I went into safe mode and still
there is no administrator account. What can I do?

"Bruce Chambers" wrote:

> help wrote:
> > My daughter had access to my husbands and sons computer and left home but not
> > before deleting me as administrator from it and making all other accounts
> > limited accounts. Hers is the only administrator account (presumably) and is
> > password protected. Is there anything that I can do to restore administartor
> > access. We did not password protect any of our accounts as we did not think
> > we would have to. Tried to control alt del twice as previous post suggested
> > for another but that only brought up my sons limited account. Please can
> > someone 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.
>
> How to Log On to Windows XP If You Forget Your Password or Your
> Password Expires
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q321305
>
> Failing that, Linux-based password cracking utilities abound on the
> Internet, freely available to anyone who can use Google.
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
> Help us help you:
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin
>
> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell
>
> The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
> killed a great many philosophers.
> ~ Denis Diderot
>

zinda wrote:

> I'm having the same problem more or less. I went into safe mode and still
> there is no administrator account. What can I do?

You cannot delete the built-in Administrator account. Please go through the
following steps or post back with a better description of your issue, your
computer, and what you've tried to do. You have given us no information at
all, not even what version of XP you're running or if this is a business
machine where the Administrator account may have been renamed. Remember
that we can't see your computer from here and you need to be descriptive.

*****
If you have forgotten your password, if you have another user account with
administrative privileges you can log into that account and change your
original user account's password from the User Accounts applet in Control
Panel. If you don't have another account like this set up or don't have the
password to it, you'll need to log into the built-in Administrator account.
In XP Home, boot the computer into Safe Mode. Do this by repeatedly tapping
the F8 key as the computer is starting up. This will get you to the right
menu. Navigate using your Up arrow key; the mouse will not work here. Once
in Safe Mode, you will see the normally hidden Administrator account. The
default password is a blank.

In XP Pro, you do not need to go into Safe Mode. At the Welcome Screen, do
Ctrl-Alt-Del twice to get the classic Windows logon box. Type in
"Administrator" and whatever password you assigned when you set up Windows.

If you reset the built-in Administrator account's password in Home or have
Pro and don't remember the password, use NTpasswd to change the built-in
Administrator account's password to a blank.

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Then go to the User Accounts applet in Control Panel and set passwords that
you will remember and make other desired changes. WRITE THE PASSWORDS DOWN
AND PUT THEM SOMEWHERE YOU WON'T LOSE THEM.
*****

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!

Malke"
I have windows xp home. A friend gave me their old computer. They have
children who set up 3 users, since I did not need users I tried to delete one
of them , make one limited for guest and keep the administrator account
everything went fine, I thought. After I logged out and logged back in all
the account were gone except one, the that was limited. I cant switch users
it only allows me to log off. I tried a few things but nothing seem to work.
I did go into safe mode and get the administrator user name but the password
I chose doesnt work, at least I think its the password I chose. I going to
try a few more things I notice today. I hope the work. If not please help
me, right now I just have a e-mail machine everything is locked out cant
download cant install.

"Malke" wrote:

> zinda wrote:
>
> > I'm having the same problem more or less. I went into safe mode and still
> > there is no administrator account. What can I do?
>
> You cannot delete the built-in Administrator account. Please go through the
> following steps or post back with a better description of your issue, your
> computer, and what you've tried to do. You have given us no information at
> all, not even what version of XP you're running or if this is a business
> machine where the Administrator account may have been renamed. Remember
> that we can't see your computer from here and you need to be descriptive.
>
> *****
> If you have forgotten your password, if you have another user account with
> administrative privileges you can log into that account and change your
> original user account's password from the User Accounts applet in Control
> Panel. If you don't have another account like this set up or don't have the
> password to it, you'll need to log into the built-in Administrator account.
> In XP Home, boot the computer into Safe Mode. Do this by repeatedly tapping
> the F8 key as the computer is starting up. This will get you to the right
> menu. Navigate using your Up arrow key; the mouse will not work here. Once
> in Safe Mode, you will see the normally hidden Administrator account. The
> default password is a blank.
>
> In XP Pro, you do not need to go into Safe Mode. At the Welcome Screen, do
> Ctrl-Alt-Del twice to get the classic Windows logon box. Type in
> "Administrator" and whatever password you assigned when you set up Windows.
>
> If you reset the built-in Administrator account's password in Home or have
> Pro and don't remember the password, use NTpasswd to change the built-in
> Administrator account's password to a blank.
>
> http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
>
> Then go to the User Accounts applet in Control Panel and set passwords that
> you will remember and make other desired changes. WRITE THE PASSWORDS DOWN
> AND PUT THEM SOMEWHERE YOU WON'T LOSE THEM.
> *****
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> Don't Panic!
>