Altered account group

[Steve Jaglowski]

Hi.

I have XPhome. Whilst 'educating' myself on it, I've
inadvertantly changed an account setting.

I was using 'control userpasswords2' from the run box, to
reset a password for a different account. I messed around
with some of the group options for another account,
changing it from 'restricted' to standard. I'd created a
restore point so I thought I'd be safe.

However, when I rebooted, I found the account was not
displayed on the welcome screen. It is still there as it
can be logged in to via classic logon but it is now a
guest account. More significantly, the restore won't work.

Any suggestions on how I redeem the account and get it
back to it's original status?

Regards,

SLJ

[Roger Abell [MVP]]

at a cmd prompt try this

net localgroup users accountname /add

where acountname is the login's User Name=20

--=20
Roger=20

"Steve Jaglowski" > wrote in message =
...
> Hi.
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> I have XPhome. Whilst 'educating' myself on it, I've=20
> inadvertantly changed an account setting.
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> I was using 'control userpasswords2' from the run box, to=20
> reset a password for a different account. I messed around=20
> with some of the group options for another account,=20
> changing it from 'restricted' to standard. I'd created a=20
> restore point so I thought I'd be safe.
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> However, when I rebooted, I found the account was not=20
> displayed on the welcome screen. It is still there as it=20
> can be logged in to via classic logon but it is now a=20
> guest account. More significantly, the restore won't work.
>=20
> Any suggestions on how I redeem the account and get it=20
> back to it's original status?
>=20
> Regards,
>=20
> SLJ
>

[Steve Jaglowski]

God bless your cotton socks.

Worked a treat.

Regards,

Steve Jaglowski
>-----Original Message-----
>at a cmd prompt try this
>
>net localgroup users accountname /add
>
>where acountname is the login's User Name
>
>--
>Roger
>
>"Steve Jaglowski" > wrote in
message ...
>> Hi.
>>
>> I have XPhome. Whilst 'educating' myself on it, I've
>> inadvertantly changed an account setting.
>>
>> I was using 'control userpasswords2' from the run box,
to
>> reset a password for a different account. I messed
around
>> with some of the group options for another account,
>> changing it from 'restricted' to standard. I'd created
a
>> restore point so I thought I'd be safe.
>>
>> However, when I rebooted, I found the account was not
>> displayed on the welcome screen. It is still there as
it
>> can be logged in to via classic logon but it is now a
>> guest account. More significantly, the restore won't
work.
>>
>> Any suggestions on how I redeem the account and get it
>> back to it's original status?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> SLJ
>>
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