Re: Help with Computer Administrator Issue
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 12:00:59 +0200
You log on as Administrator and go to User Accounts and change your
account...
Andrej
On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 16:56:33 -0700, "Bob" <rparris3@triad.rr.com>
wrote:
>Hi! I have had Windows XP Home Edition for a year now.
>Somehow it has changed to where I am a "limited account".
>
>How do I get reset up to be the administrator? Without
>losing all my settings, email favorites etc? When I turn
>it on, a window comes on that says Run As. If I don't
>uncheck a box regarding security it won't let me access
>the Internet, for example.
>
>Thanks for your help!
>
>Bob
Relevant Pages
- Re: Password reset
... as the username and NTpasswd for the password. ... panel-> User Accounts and it won't allow me to reset the password there. ... have forgotten the administrator password. ...
(microsoft.public.windowsxp.general) - Re: Password reset
... the username and NTpasswd for the password. ... I then tried logging in as the Limited User and went to control panel-> User Accounts and it won't allow me to reset the password there. ... have forgotten the administrator password. ...
(microsoft.public.windowsxp.general) - Re: xp control panel does not display in safe mode
... Control Panel in the Windows XP General newsgroup. ... There is no password protection on my laptop for the Administrator ... Once you have the command prompt window open you can use the net user ... This should launch the alternate User Accounts applet. ...
(microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage) - Re: logging in to windows
... Once Windows starts loading, you've missed it and will have ... You'll have an option to log on as Administrator. ... > Start by treating it as a lost password as follows:> If you have XP Pro on your computer, at the log in screen type ... Then go to Control Panel, user accounts, select the> specific user and select change password. ...
(microsoft.public.windowsxp.accessibility) - Re: seeing another computer on a LAN
... I tried to change the user name from "User" to "Administrator" but got the message "An account named 'Administrator' already exists..." ... If you are able to see a user called Administrator on one of the machines in Regular Mode, ... create matching user accounts on both machines. ... Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally caused by 1) a misconfigured firewall; or 2) inadvertently running two firewalls such as the built-in Windows Firewall and a third-party firewall; and/or 3) not having identical user accounts and passwords on all Workgroup machines; 4) trying to create shares where the operating system does not permit it. ...
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