No Administrator on Win XP

[Elmotx]

I am the only user of my computer but my user account is
a "Limited" account and there appears to be no other
account on the computer. There is no Administrator User
Account and therefore I cannot make any changes to my
computer. Can anyone help with a suggestion.
Thanks,
Elmotx

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Reboot, tapping F8 each second.
Choose "Safe Mode" at the menu.
Select Administrator.
Then go to User Accounts in Control Panel

Select yourself, click "Change Account Type"
Change to Administrator.,

Or better yet, leave yourself as a Limited User.
Create another account with Administrator access, password BOTH
administrators.
Take precautions to not lose/forget the passwords.

The reason is you should not use an Administrator for routine use.
Leave the Administrator for Administrator functions.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
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"Elmotx" > wrote in message
...
> I am the only user of my computer but my user account is
> a "Limited" account and there appears to be no other
> account on the computer. There is no Administrator User
> Account and therefore I cannot make any changes to my
> computer. Can anyone help with a suggestion.
> Thanks,
> Elmotx

[Elmotx]

Jupiter,
Thanks for the attempt, but there is no Administrator
account, and when I went to Safe Mode as you suggested it
starts up with a user account but that account does not
have administrato account privileges and there is no
other account listed. Any other ideas?
Elmotx

>-----Original Message-----
>Reboot, tapping F8 each second.
>Choose "Safe Mode" at the menu.
>Select Administrator.
>Then go to User Accounts in Control Panel
>
>Select yourself, click "Change Account Type"
>Change to Administrator.,
>
>Or better yet, leave yourself as a Limited User.
>Create another account with Administrator access,
password BOTH
>administrators.
>Take precautions to not lose/forget the passwords.
>
>The reason is you should not use an Administrator for
routine use.
>Leave the Administrator for Administrator functions.
>
>--
>Jupiter Jones [MVP]
>An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/s
etup.asp
>http://dts-l.org/index.html
>
>
>"Elmotx" > wrote in message
...
>> I am the only user of my computer but my user account
is
>> a "Limited" account and there appears to be no other
>> account on the computer. There is no Administrator
User
>> Account and therefore I cannot make any changes to my
>> computer. Can anyone help with a suggestion.
>> Thanks,
>> Elmotx
>
>
>.
>

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

If there is no Administrator even in Safe Mode, try a Repair
Installation:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_install.htm
Windows Updates will need to be reinstalled.
Data should be safe, back-up important data just in case.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
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http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
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"Elmotx" > wrote in message
...
> Jupiter,
> Thanks for the attempt, but there is no Administrator
> account, and when I went to Safe Mode as you suggested it
> starts up with a user account but that account does not
> have administrato account privileges and there is no
> other account listed. Any other ideas?
> Elmotx
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Reboot, tapping F8 each second.
> >Choose "Safe Mode" at the menu.
> >Select Administrator.
> >Then go to User Accounts in Control Panel
> >
> >Select yourself, click "Change Account Type"
> >Change to Administrator.,
> >
> >Or better yet, leave yourself as a Limited User.
> >Create another account with Administrator access,
> password BOTH
> >administrators.
> >Take precautions to not lose/forget the passwords.
> >
> >The reason is you should not use an Administrator for
> routine use.
> >Leave the Administrator for Administrator functions.
> >
> >--
> >Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> >An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/s
> etup.asp
> >http://dts-l.org/index.html
> >
> >
> >"Elmotx" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I am the only user of my computer but my user account
> is
> >> a "Limited" account and there appears to be no other
> >> account on the computer. There is no Administrator
> User
> >> Account and therefore I cannot make any changes to my
> >> computer. Can anyone help with a suggestion.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Elmotx
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[C. Pangus]

"Jupiter Jones [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
> If there is no Administrator even in Safe Mode, try a Repair
> Installation:
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_install.htm
> Windows Updates will need to be reinstalled.
> Data should be safe, back-up important data just in case.


This sounds similar to a problem I had. When I first installed XPpro I
seem to remember the program telling me I could set an Administrator
password later. I couldn't figure out how to do it later. A repair
installation led to my having to completely (new) install. But I have read
several times that there is a built-in administrator account which CANNOT be
deleted.
To double check for an Administrator account go to Control
Panel\Administrative Tools\Computer Management. In the Computer Management
window expand Local Users and Groups in the left 'tree' window. Click on
Users. The right details window should show all accounts on the computer
and one of them should be Administrator, built in account. If it is there
click on it, click Action in the menu bar and select Set Password. REMEMBER
PASSWORD.
You should also find the account you are using and a Guest account.
I would have to think about it to remember how to get these other accounts
to show in the log-on screen. You should also see a Help Assistant and
Support accounts: don't worry about them at this point.
>
> --
> Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
> http://dts-l.org/index.html
>
>
> "Elmotx" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Jupiter,
> > Thanks for the attempt, but there is no Administrator
> > account, and when I went to Safe Mode as you suggested it
> > starts up with a user account but that account does not
> > have administrato account privileges and there is no
> > other account listed. Any other ideas?
> > Elmotx
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >Reboot, tapping F8 each second.
> > >Choose "Safe Mode" at the menu.
> > >Select Administrator.
> > >Then go to User Accounts in Control Panel
> > >
> > >Select yourself, click "Change Account Type"
> > >Change to Administrator.,
> > >
> > >Or better yet, leave yourself as a Limited User.
> > >Create another account with Administrator access,
> > password BOTH
> > >administrators.
> > >Take precautions to not lose/forget the passwords.
> > >
> > >The reason is you should not use an Administrator for
> > routine use.
> > >Leave the Administrator for Administrator functions.
> > >
> > >--
> > >Jupiter Jones [MVP]
> > >An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
> > >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/s
> > etup.asp
> > >http://dts-l.org/index.html
> > >
> > >
> > >"Elmotx" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > >> I am the only user of my computer but my user account
> > is
> > >> a "Limited" account and there appears to be no other
> > >> account on the computer. There is no Administrator
> > User
> > >> Account and therefore I cannot make any changes to my
> > >> computer. Can anyone help with a suggestion.
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Elmotx
> > >
> > >
> > >.
> > >
>
>