Re: Administrator Account

At the welcome screen do you get a Domain to log into?

I have the following error "cannot login because the domain not available"
but when I ctl-alt-del it does not offer a Domain or Local option.

Does this mean the file is corrupt? This all occured after I did a chkdsk
c: /f

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Best wishes, G


"Olug" wrote:


"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

Natalie wrote:
Windows XP is supposed to prevent the following from happening LOL!!
Owing to someone 'having a fiddle' I as the computer's main user
and administrator, find my settings have been set to 'Limited
Account' which means effectively no-one is authorised to
install/uninstall, change anything. I cannot access anywhere to
obtain help, and the 'Help & Support function tells me that this
cannot happen, as Windows XP will not allow PC to be left without
and administrators account. I am really snookered and cannot
access many functions of my computer. Won't allow me to create
another account either. Anyone know the magic formula???

As you obviously weren't the user called "administrator", I would suggest
the following..

If Windows XP Professional.. Reboot and if you have a "welcome screen"
logon - press CTRL+ALT+DEL twice there and log in with the username
"administrator" and if you know the password for that user - use it - if
not - try logging in without a password.

If Windows XP Home Edition.. Reboot the computer into safe mode and logon
as the user "administrator" and if you know the password for that user - use
it - if not - try logging in without a password.

If you do not know the user's ("administrator") password - you can try
hacking it:

Hack your password:
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

Once in - that use has all the rights an abilities you need to fix your
other users.

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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I have the same problem as Natalie. I deleted the Administrator Account by
mistake and my laptop has Windows XP home edition. HOW DO I BOOT IN SAFE MODE
AS DIRECTED ABOVE? WHAT IS THIS SAFE MODE? CAN SOMEONE TELL ME???
.

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