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I accidentally erased my system administrator on my computer. Is there anyway to reset? I can log on just can't do certain things. |
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Hi Do you mean the Administrator Account or an Account with Administrator permissions? -- Will Denny MS-MVP Windows Shell/User Please reply to the News Groups "sherry" <sherry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3155E382-2BAA-4116-B815-289A458D04EA@microsoft.com... >I accidentally erased my system administrator on my computer. Is there > anyway to reset? I can log on just can't do certain things. |
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account with administrator and when I go into safe mode and use administrator it kicks me out "Will Denny" wrote: > Hi > > Do you mean the Administrator Account or an Account with Administrator > permissions? > > -- > > > Will Denny > MS-MVP Windows Shell/User > Please reply to the News Groups > > "sherry" <sherry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:3155E382-2BAA-4116-B815-289A458D04EA@microsoft.com... > >I accidentally erased my system administrator on my computer. Is there > > anyway to reset? I can log on just can't do certain things. > > > |
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"sherry" <sherry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3155E382-2BAA-4116-B815-289A458D04EA@microsoft.com... >I accidentally erased my system administrator on my computer. Is >there > anyway to reset? I can log on just can't do certain things. So just HOW do you think that you erased the Administrator account? |
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sherry wrote: > I accidentally erased my system administrator on my computer. Is > there > anyway to reset? I can log on just can't do certain things. You cannot delete the built-in Administrator account. In XP Home, boot the computer into Safe Mode. Do this by repeatedly tapping the F8 key as the computer is starting up. This will get you to the right menu. Navigate using your Up arrow key; the mouse will not work here. Once in Safe Mode, you will see the normally hidden Administrator account. The default password is a blank. In XP Pro, you do not need to go into Safe Mode. At the Welcome Screen, do Ctrl-Alt-Del twice to get the classic Windows logon box. Type in "Administrator" and whatever password you assigned when you set up Windows. If you reset the built-in Administrator account's password in Home or have Pro and don't remember the password, use NTpasswd to change the built-in Administrator account's password to a blank. http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ Then go to the User Accounts applet in Control Panel and set passwords that you will remember and make other desired changes such as creating another user account with administrative privileges. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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when I go into safe mode and the administrator shows up to log in, it says logging in then saving setting and never lets me into the computer "Malke" wrote: > sherry wrote: > > > I accidentally erased my system administrator on my computer. Is > > there > > anyway to reset? I can log on just can't do certain things. > > You cannot delete the built-in Administrator account. In XP Home, boot > the computer into Safe Mode. Do this by repeatedly tapping the F8 key > as the computer is starting up. This will get you to the right menu. > Navigate using your Up arrow key; the mouse will not work here. Once in > Safe Mode, you will see the normally hidden Administrator account. The > default password is a blank. > > In XP Pro, you do not need to go into Safe Mode. At the Welcome Screen, > do Ctrl-Alt-Del twice to get the classic Windows logon box. Type in > "Administrator" and whatever password you assigned when you set up > Windows. > > If you reset the built-in Administrator account's password in Home or > have Pro and don't remember the password, use NTpasswd to change the > built-in Administrator account's password to a blank. > > http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ > > Then go to the User Accounts applet in Control Panel and set passwords > that you will remember and make other desired changes such as creating > another user account with administrative privileges. > > Malke > -- > Elephant Boy Computers > www.elephantboycomputers.com > "Don't Panic!" > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User > |
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sherry wrote: > when I go into safe mode and the administrator shows up to log in, it > says logging in then saving setting and never lets me into the > computer Can you log into another user account? What does "never lets me into the computer" actually mean? What *exactly* happens? Since it is impossible to delete the built-in Administrator account, what does "I accidentally erased my system administrator" mean? Could this knowledge base article possibly apply? User Logon Request Is Rejected Without Any Messages - http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313322 See this link for what details you need to include in a newsgroup post in order to get focused troubleshooting: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm Remember that we cannot see your computer and we do not know what you did. If troubleshooting via a newsgroup is difficult (and there is no shame in admitting this isn't your cup of tea since we all have our areas of expertise), take the machine to a professional computer repair shop (not your local version of BigStoreUSA). Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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when I start XP in safe mode the screen comes up with administrator. When I click on it, it says logging in (doesn't ask for a password) and then says saving setting. It never leaves the welcome screen. I deleted the user account that had administrator on it. "Malke" wrote: > sherry wrote: > > > when I go into safe mode and the administrator shows up to log in, it > > says logging in then saving setting and never lets me into the > > computer > > Can you log into another user account? What does "never lets me into the > computer" actually mean? What *exactly* happens? Since it is impossible > to delete the built-in Administrator account, what does "I accidentally > erased my system administrator" mean? > > Could this knowledge base article possibly apply? > > User Logon Request Is Rejected Without Any Messages - > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313322 > > See this link for what details you need to include in a newsgroup post > in order to get focused troubleshooting: > > http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > > Remember that we cannot see your computer and we do not know what you > did. If troubleshooting via a newsgroup is difficult (and there is no > shame in admitting this isn't your cup of tea since we all have our > areas of expertise), take the machine to a professional computer repair > shop (not your local version of BigStoreUSA). > > Malke > -- > Elephant Boy Computers > www.elephantboycomputers.com > "Don't Panic!" > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User > |
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yes I can go in on other users "Malke" wrote: > sherry wrote: > > > when I go into safe mode and the administrator shows up to log in, it > > says logging in then saving setting and never lets me into the > > computer > > Can you log into another user account? What does "never lets me into the > computer" actually mean? What *exactly* happens? Since it is impossible > to delete the built-in Administrator account, what does "I accidentally > erased my system administrator" mean? > > Could this knowledge base article possibly apply? > > User Logon Request Is Rejected Without Any Messages - > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313322 > > See this link for what details you need to include in a newsgroup post > in order to get focused troubleshooting: > > http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm > > Remember that we cannot see your computer and we do not know what you > did. If troubleshooting via a newsgroup is difficult (and there is no > shame in admitting this isn't your cup of tea since we all have our > areas of expertise), take the machine to a professional computer repair > shop (not your local version of BigStoreUSA). > > Malke > -- > Elephant Boy Computers > www.elephantboycomputers.com > "Don't Panic!" > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User > |
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sherry wrote: > yes I can go in on other users > > "Malke" wrote: > >> sherry wrote: >> >> > when I go into safe mode and the administrator shows up to log in, >> > it says logging in then saving setting and never lets me into the >> > computer Are the other users computer administrators? If so, then the troubled user account is probably corrupt. Create a new user account with administrative privileges and test it. You said: "I deleted the user account that had administrator on it." Again, it is not possible to delete the built-in Administrator account so you apparently deleted some other account. If you truly have a corrupt built-in Administrator account and you truly do not have any other accounts on the system that have administrative privileges, then do a Repair Install. http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm - Repair Install How-To If the Repair Install doesn't work, then back up your data and clean-install Windows. http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean Install How-To http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#reinstall_Windows - What you will need on-hand Based on your various posts in this thread, you should consider taking my advice to have a professional work on the machine. I'm not saying that to hurt your feelings; just being practical. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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