Re: built-in administrator accopunt not working

If you managed to disable the buiilt-in Administrator account, completely, and have no other Administrator level user, you're screwed.

However, you may be able to use a Linux boot disk to reset the Administrator account to Enabled.

http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

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"Ari" <Ari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:398C8238-BA79-4C59-A5C4-2F0332D9BF40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I had the administrator account enabled on the welcome screen but i disabled
it through computer management somehow and it does not appear their or using
the conventional Win2000 logon it sais that the account is disabled and to
contact the admin. I also tried the application you provided and nothing
happened, i have not tried safe mode yet because i do not remember the
startup keys you have to hold down






"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

Original Administrator Account Does Not Appear During Friendly Logon Method
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;281992&Product=winxp

Enable Administrator account on Welcome Screen
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_admin_ok.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Doug Knox]

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