Re: Administrator Account Disabled. HELP

From: Colin Nash [MVP] (x_at_x)
Date: 05/16/04 

Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 22:26:27 -0400

XP does allow you to disable it.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q281140&sd=tech

I hope you just hid it from the Welcome screen rather than actually
disabling it...

"jpivonka" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:d98f01c43aea$6b583e40$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> While you are waiting to hear from competant advice, which
> I am not, this might help - you almost certainly will not
> have to resort to reformatting the hard drive. The
> original Administrator account is pretty well protected
> from deletion, though it may not show up on login screens.
>
> Check out this URL, it may help you to solve your problem,
> or to formulate your request for help more precisely.
>
> It will be helpful to know exactly what steps you took to
> "disable" the administrator account, in the contest of the
> information at the URL:
>
> http://www.winternals.com/support/detail.asp?pid=ap&Article=407
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I made the biggest mistake.. Ive disabled the
> >administrator account, and set my account as a power
> >user. Is there anyway to re-enable the administrator
> >account? I tried to change it, but it wouldnt let me for
> >obvious reasons... I also tried logging through safe
> >mode, and the administrator wouldnt show up as one of the
> >user options. I wish that i dont have to resort to
> >reformatting the hard drive. Any help would be greatly
> >appreicated..
> >
> >
> >Thanks..
> >.
> >

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