Re: Deleted the Administator account

From: Kent W. England [MVP] (kwe_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/04/03 

Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 18:09:33 -0700

The advice was to re-install from scratch, not delete the administrator
account. I criticized the advice to do a clean re-install. Jason had not
deleted his administrator account. The fact that you can think of one
way to try isn't relevant. 

-- 
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
"Longhorn" <eeeeeeeeeeeee@mooooooooooo.com> wrote in message
news:eP$KD%23ciDHA.1256@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Malicious advice designed to cause him woe ??  ...WTF? ...I can think
of at
> least one way to delete the admin account.
>
>
> "Kent W. England [MVP]" <kwe@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23OxLLRWiDHA.3484@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Jason;
> >
> > This is malicious advice designed to cause you woe. The
Administrator
> > account cannot be deleted.
> >
> > When you created additional accounts, the Administrator account was
> > hidden. In Home Edition, boot to safe mode and logon with no
password.
> > In XP Pro, press Ctl-Alt-Del twice and logon to "Administrator" with
the
> > password you set when you installed XP.
> >
> > Once in Administrator, create another admin account and use that
account
> > for day-to-day administration. Save Administrator for emergencies
like
> > this one.
> >
> > -- 
> > Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
> >
> >
> >
> > "GoumbaYa" <f-me@fu.net> wrote in
> > message news:eomAQ4TiDHA.1456@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > I think you're pretty much f*cked.  I'd recommend reinstalling the
> > system
> > > from scratch.
> > >
> > > "Jason" <jasonandkerry@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
> > > news:1c4701c3892e$6d252e40$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> > > > How do you get the Administrator account back! I have
> > > > only one user account and that is a guest account.
> > > > Without the Administrator I can do nothing no setup new
> > > > user accounts, can not install new programs or unistall
> > > > programs can not restore system TOTALLY STUCK HERE PLEASE
> > > > HELP.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>

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