Accidentally disabled the only account

dksdjh_at_jhsdkhds.com
Date: 08/23/03 

Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 19:41:00 -0700

You can't disable the administrator account

>-----Original Message-----
>I have a client who has XP Pro installed on his office
>computer. He downloaded some updates and started having
>to click his username, which was administrator, to log
>in. He didn't like it, so he disabled the administrator
>account. Unfortunately it was his only account and now
>he can't access his data. Is there any way to reenable
>the account without logging in??
>.
>

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