Re: System Admistrator Deleted !!!

From: Kaylene aka Taurarian (taurarianREMOVECAPS_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 18:21:13 +1000

Hi Nigel, in Win XP Home your daughter will need to create a new account with
administrator privileges

Windows Home XP
1. As windows is loading up press F8 repeatedly until the Windows advanced
screen comes up.
2. Select safe mode (the version of windows you want to use click XP wait until
it loads the welcome screen.
3. Select Administrator and it will log you on as administrator without a
password (provided a password was not created in this hidden account during
setup).
4. Go to Start - Control Panel - User Accounts.
5. Create a new Account with all administrator privileges

HOW TO: Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];279783

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421
HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP

NOTE: You must be logged on to the computer using an account that has
administrative privileges. If you are running Windows XP Home Edition, in order
to have access to the Security tab, you must first start in Safe Mode and log on
with an account that has Administrative rights.

The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

"Nigel Sisley" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:02f201c46deb$6be505d0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> My Daughter has just called from France and she has just
> set up her pc and discovered that the System Administrator
> account has been deleted and only a Guest account appears.
>
> All her data is still on the machine but without System
> Adminidstrator she cannot restore.
>
> Any clues????
>
> Cheers
>
> Nigel

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