Re: Enabling disabled admin account

From: Tim (tim90digit@msn.com)
Date: 09/01/02 

From: "Tim" <tim90digit@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 10:39:22 -0600

You could try clicking Start, Run and typing in control userpasswords2. I'm
not sure if this will work!

Tim

"eric" <ericdwilliams00@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:b9c601c25130$900c7210$b1e62ecf@tkmsftngxa04...
> I'm working on a problem involving a small office, all
> systems running Windows XP Professional in a workgroup.
> The owner disabled the administrator account (for security
> purposes) without first giving a local user admin
> priviledges. What (if anything) can be done to re-enable
> the administrator account?
>
> Eric

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