Re: Doing the impossible.

From: Larry Samuels MS-MVP XP \(Shell/User\) (larry_at_mvps.org)
Date: 12/11/03 

Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 23:50:27 -0500

Boot to safe mode and access the default Administrator account.
This account does not appear in normal mode and it CANNOT be deleted 

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Larry Samuels MS-MVP  (Windows-Shell/User)
Associate Expert
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://home.earthlink.net/~larrysamuels/WS2003FAQ.htm
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
It can be accessed in normal mode of XP pro by logging off --then press
ctrl-alt-del-del at the login screen to bring up the classic logon screen.
Type Administrator for user name and enter the password assigned to the
default admin account during installation.
"Ami" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:073601c3bf9e$98273470$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> You know how Microsoft says you can't disable or delete
> all administrator profiles? They lie.
> My boyfriend's uncle set himself as the administrator and
> disabled the old administrator default. When he gave the
> computer to my boyfriend and my boyfriend changed the
> users to his own accounts, he looked away from the
> computer before giving one of his accounts administrator
> status and after deleting his uncle's old account (the
> last remaining active administrator). Now, there are no
> accounts with administrator status and we cannot re-
> install Windows XP and boot from the CD because it is not
> recognizing it. It reads it just fine in windows and
> simply says we cannot access it. So...now what?

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