help wrote:
My daughter had access to my husbands and sons computer and left home but not
before deleting me as administrator from it and making all other accounts
limited accounts. Hers is the only administrator account (presumably) and is
password protected. Is there anything that I can do to restore administartor
access. We did not password protect any of our accounts as we did not think
we would have to. Tried to control alt del twice as previous post suggested
for another but that only brought up my sons limited account. Please can
someone help?


Simply log in using the built-in Administrator account (which
cannot be deleted) and modify the desired account(s) and use Start Run
"control userpasswords2" to modify the desired account(s).

By design, the only way to log into the Administrator account of
WinXP Home is to reboot into Safe Mode. For WinXP Pro, pressing
CTRL+ALT+DEL twice at the Welcome Screen will produce the standard login
dialog box.

How to Log On to Windows XP If You Forget Your Password or Your
Password Expires
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q321305

Failing that, Linux-based password cracking utilities abound on the
Internet, freely available to anyone who can use Google.


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