W2K Server: Administrator Account Deleted

From: Christian Gross (ChristianHGross_at_yahoo.ca)
Date: 09/18/03 

Date: 18 Sep 2003 03:51:21 -0700

My administrator account was deleted on the server. What does one do?

Now, before somebody says, "Oh no, not possible", it has happened to
me twice and I do not know why.

This time though there was a second account with administrative
rights. In the Computer management MMC under users there is *no*
administrator account. It has been deleted by some application. I
have no idea what that application is, but it is gone.

Luckily this time there was an account with administrative rights and
could get back onto the machine.

My question is what do I do next? Do I format the drive and restart?
Or can I get the administrator account back.

If I "recreate" the administrator account it gets a new directory in
the "Document and Settings" directory.

Thanks

Christian Gross

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