Re: changed my administrator account to a guest

From: Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 09/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 23:57:08 +0200

Kittypher wrote:

> While I was trying to do a direct connection between my pc and laptop, I
> changed the name of my administrator account accidentely, thinking it was
> something else.
>
> Now it has become a guest account and I have no administrator account.
>
> I've tried booting in safe mode but f8 didn't work
>
> then I tried ctr + alt + del x2 to sign in as an administrator, but I didn't
> know what the password was if there was one, so that didn't work.
Hi

Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

The system in the link above can reset the Administrator
password offline. 

-- 
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx

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