I have no Administrator [Archive]

John Lutes

April 14th 03, 05:52 AM

I can log in as "Administrator" or as "my
name/administrator" but the unit does not recognise it.
I can use the computer but everything that needs
Administrative permission is locked out.

If I go to Windows Update it tells me I'm not the
Administrator. I have tried everything possible except
format and reload.

Does anyone know a solution?

Win XP Pro - 1 gig DDRam - 109 gigs of HDD free

Jim Macklin

April 14th 03, 06:53 AM

Have you tried F8 to get boot menu (before Windows loads)
and using the default administrator account which is hidden
when you create an account?

"John Lutes" > wrote in message
...
| I can log in as "Administrator" or as "my
| name/administrator" but the unit does not recognise it.
| I can use the computer but everything that needs
| Administrative permission is locked out.
|
| If I go to Windows Update it tells me I'm not the
| Administrator. I have tried everything possible except
| format and reload.
|
| Does anyone know a solution?
|
|
| Win XP Pro - 1 gig DDRam - 109 gigs of HDD free

Jim Macklin

April 14th 03, 06:53 AM

Have you tried F8 to get boot menu (before Windows loads)
and using the default administrator account which is hidden
when you create an account?

"John Lutes" > wrote in message
...
| I can log in as "Administrator" or as "my
| name/administrator" but the unit does not recognise it.
| I can use the computer but everything that needs
| Administrative permission is locked out.
|
| If I go to Windows Update it tells me I'm not the
| Administrator. I have tried everything possible except
| format and reload.
|
| Does anyone know a solution?
|
|
| Win XP Pro - 1 gig DDRam - 109 gigs of HDD free

John Lutes

April 14th 03, 07:09 AM

Yes I have accessed my default (hidden) Administrator
account. It behaves the same way. I can use the computer
but EVERYTHING that requires Administrative permission is
locked out.

I think I need someone with experience with registry
experience to help me tweak things. I did an online scan
at Trend Micro, and found several "girlfriend" Trojans
and 4 other bugs of various types. After deleting them is
when this started.
---------------------------------------------------------

>-----Original Message-----
>Have you tried F8 to get boot menu (before Windows loads)
>and using the default administrator account which is
hidden
>when you create an account?
>
>
>"John Lutes" > wrote in message
...
>| I can log in as "Administrator" or as "my
>| name/administrator" but the unit does not recognise it.
>| I can use the computer but everything that needs
>| Administrative permission is locked out.
>|
>| If I go to Windows Update it tells me I'm not the
>| Administrator. I have tried everything possible except
>| format and reload.
>|
>| Does anyone know a solution?
>|
>|
>| Win XP Pro - 1 gig DDRam - 109 gigs of HDD free
>
>
>.
>

John Lutes

April 14th 03, 07:09 AM

Yes I have accessed my default (hidden) Administrator
account. It behaves the same way. I can use the computer
but EVERYTHING that requires Administrative permission is
locked out.

I think I need someone with experience with registry
experience to help me tweak things. I did an online scan
at Trend Micro, and found several "girlfriend" Trojans
and 4 other bugs of various types. After deleting them is
when this started.
---------------------------------------------------------

>-----Original Message-----
>Have you tried F8 to get boot menu (before Windows loads)
>and using the default administrator account which is
hidden
>when you create an account?
>
>
>"John Lutes" > wrote in message
...
>| I can log in as "Administrator" or as "my
>| name/administrator" but the unit does not recognise it.
>| I can use the computer but everything that needs
>| Administrative permission is locked out.
>|
>| If I go to Windows Update it tells me I'm not the
>| Administrator. I have tried everything possible except
>| format and reload.
>|
>| Does anyone know a solution?
>|
>|
>| Win XP Pro - 1 gig DDRam - 109 gigs of HDD free
>
>
>.
>

Jon

April 14th 03, 07:23 AM

"John Lutes" > wrote in message =
...
> Yes I have accessed my default (hidden) Administrator=20
> account. It behaves the same way. I can use the computer=20
> but EVERYTHING that requires Administrative permission is=20
> locked out.
>=20
> I think I need someone with experience with registry=20
> experience to help me tweak things. I did an online scan=20
> at Trend Micro, and found several "girlfriend" Trojans=20
> and 4 other bugs of various types. After deleting them is=20
> when this started.=20
> ---------------------------------------------------------

Do a repair installation, since what you say happens even in the Safe =
Mode Admin account, here are the instructions;
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

By the way, since you say you have the Pro version of XP, you don't need =
to go into Safe Mode to access the inbuilt Admin account.

Jon

April 14th 03, 07:23 AM

"John Lutes" > wrote in message =
...
> Yes I have accessed my default (hidden) Administrator=20
> account. It behaves the same way. I can use the computer=20
> but EVERYTHING that requires Administrative permission is=20
> locked out.
>=20
> I think I need someone with experience with registry=20
> experience to help me tweak things. I did an online scan=20
> at Trend Micro, and found several "girlfriend" Trojans=20
> and 4 other bugs of various types. After deleting them is=20
> when this started.=20
> ---------------------------------------------------------

Do a repair installation, since what you say happens even in the Safe =
Mode Admin account, here are the instructions;
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

By the way, since you say you have the Pro version of XP, you don't need =
to go into Safe Mode to access the inbuilt Admin account.

Jim Macklin

April 14th 03, 07:23 AM

XP has strong security to prevent hacking passwords...check
on your options with some smarter people. Start backing up
your data files, I'll bet your only option is going to be a
complete format and clean install. But before you do
anything rash, check these sites to see what they say...
http://www.aumha.org/index.php

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xpr.htm

http://support.microsoft.com/

You'll have to search a bit...
"John Lutes" > wrote in message
...
| Yes I have accessed my default (hidden) Administrator
| account. It behaves the same way. I can use the computer
| but EVERYTHING that requires Administrative permission is
| locked out.
|
| I think I need someone with experience with registry
| experience to help me tweak things. I did an online scan
| at Trend Micro, and found several "girlfriend" Trojans
| and 4 other bugs of various types. After deleting them is
| when this started.
| ---------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Have you tried F8 to get boot menu (before Windows loads)
| >and using the default administrator account which is
| hidden
| >when you create an account?
| >
| >
| >"John Lutes" > wrote in message
| ...
| >| I can log in as "Administrator" or as "my
| >| name/administrator" but the unit does not recognise it.
| >| I can use the computer but everything that needs
| >| Administrative permission is locked out.
| >|
| >| If I go to Windows Update it tells me I'm not the
| >| Administrator. I have tried everything possible except
| >| format and reload.
| >|
| >| Does anyone know a solution?
| >|
| >|
| >| Win XP Pro - 1 gig DDRam - 109 gigs of HDD free
| >
| >
| >.
| >

Jim Macklin

April 14th 03, 07:23 AM

XP has strong security to prevent hacking passwords...check
on your options with some smarter people. Start backing up
your data files, I'll bet your only option is going to be a
complete format and clean install. But before you do
anything rash, check these sites to see what they say...
http://www.aumha.org/index.php

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xpr.htm

http://support.microsoft.com/

You'll have to search a bit...
"John Lutes" > wrote in message
...
| Yes I have accessed my default (hidden) Administrator
| account. It behaves the same way. I can use the computer
| but EVERYTHING that requires Administrative permission is
| locked out.
|
| I think I need someone with experience with registry
| experience to help me tweak things. I did an online scan
| at Trend Micro, and found several "girlfriend" Trojans
| and 4 other bugs of various types. After deleting them is
| when this started.
| ---------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Have you tried F8 to get boot menu (before Windows loads)
| >and using the default administrator account which is
| hidden
| >when you create an account?
| >
| >
| >"John Lutes" > wrote in message
| ...
| >| I can log in as "Administrator" or as "my
| >| name/administrator" but the unit does not recognise it.
| >| I can use the computer but everything that needs
| >| Administrative permission is locked out.
| >|
| >| If I go to Windows Update it tells me I'm not the
| >| Administrator. I have tried everything possible except
| >| format and reload.
| >|
| >| Does anyone know a solution?
| >|
| >|
| >| Win XP Pro - 1 gig DDRam - 109 gigs of HDD free
| >
| >
| >.
| >

Kelly

April 14th 03, 10:43 AM

Hi John,

Check your runkeys for the following name: WINDLL.EXE
If it is listed, delete it: Start/Run/Regedit

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Run

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Run

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP [AE-Windows® XP]
Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

"John Lutes" > wrote in message
...
> I can log in as "Administrator" or as "my
> name/administrator" but the unit does not recognise it.
> I can use the computer but everything that needs
> Administrative permission is locked out.
>
> If I go to Windows Update it tells me I'm not the
> Administrator. I have tried everything possible except
> format and reload.
>
> Does anyone know a solution?
>
>
> Win XP Pro - 1 gig DDRam - 109 gigs of HDD free

Kelly

April 14th 03, 10:43 AM

Hi John,

Check your runkeys for the following name: WINDLL.EXE
If it is listed, delete it: Start/Run/Regedit

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Run

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Run

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP [AE-Windows® XP]
Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

"John Lutes" > wrote in message
...
> I can log in as "Administrator" or as "my
> name/administrator" but the unit does not recognise it.
> I can use the computer but everything that needs
> Administrative permission is locked out.
>
> If I go to Windows Update it tells me I'm not the
> Administrator. I have tried everything possible except
> format and reload.
>
> Does anyone know a solution?
>
>
> Win XP Pro - 1 gig DDRam - 109 gigs of HDD free