Administrator Account

Hello,
I have almost the same problem too. I use Windows XP home Edition and I
deleted the Adminstrator Account by mistake. Now I can't do anything. What is
this SAFE MODE and how do you boot in Safe Mode? Can someone tell me?

"Steven L Umbach" wrote:

Glad you got your problem resolved. For future reference it is possible to
recover non encrypted data if a user or administrator can not logon to the
computer. The computer hard drive can be placed in another computer, a
parallel install of the operating system can be done, or the computer can be
booted from an operating system that can boot from the CD/DVD drive for data
recovery. --- Steve


"Natalie" wrote in message
...
Thanks Guys for your tremendous help! I am now back in charge of my own
computer. You were right the Administrator's account WAS still there, but
my
limited account problem would not allow me to see it. Eventually got in
via
safe mode which was such a relief, as I really thought I'd wind up losing
heaps of my degree work if I wasn't careful.
Natalie

"Natalie" wrote:

Hi Thanks for your help, but Browser will not allow me access to that
website???
Natalie

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

Natalie wrote:
Windows XP is supposed to prevent the following from happening LOL!!
Owing to someone 'having a fiddle' I as the computer's main user
and administrator, find my settings have been set to 'Limited
Account' which means effectively no-one is authorised to
install/uninstall, change anything. I cannot access anywhere to
obtain help, and the 'Help & Support function tells me that this
cannot happen, as Windows XP will not allow PC to be left without
and administrators account. I am really snookered and cannot
access many functions of my computer. Won't allow me to create
another account either. Anyone know the magic formula???

As you obviously weren't the user called "administrator", I would
suggest
the following..

If Windows XP Professional.. Reboot and if you have a "welcome screen"
logon - press CTRL+ALT+DEL twice there and log in with the username
"administrator" and if you know the password for that user - use it -
if
not - try logging in without a password.

If Windows XP Home Edition.. Reboot the computer into safe mode and
logon
as the user "administrator" and if you know the password for that
user - use
it - if not - try logging in without a password.

If you do not know the user's ("administrator") password - you can try
hacking it:

Hack your password:
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

Once in - that use has all the rights an abilities you need to fix your
other users.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Olug wrote:
Hello,
I have almost the same problem too. I use Windows XP home Edition and I
deleted the Adminstrator Account by mistake. Now I can't do anything. What is
this SAFE MODE and how do you boot in Safe Mode? Can someone tell me?

You cannot delete the built-in Administrator account.

*****
If you have forgotten your password, if you have another user account
with administrative privileges you can log into that account and change
your original user account's password from the User Accounts applet in
Control Panel. If you don't have another account like this set up or
don't have the password to it, you'll need to log into 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.

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. WRITE THE
PASSWORDS DOWN AND PUT THEM SOMEWHERE YOU WON'T LOSE THEM.
*****

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

At the welcome screen do you get a Domain to log into?

I have the following error "cannot login because the domain not available"
but when I ctl-alt-del it does not offer a Domain or Local option.

Does this mean the file is corrupt? This all occured after I did a chkdsk
c: /f

--
Best wishes, G


"Olug" wrote:


"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

Natalie wrote:
Windows XP is supposed to prevent the following from happening LOL!!
Owing to someone 'having a fiddle' I as the computer's main user
and administrator, find my settings have been set to 'Limited
Account' which means effectively no-one is authorised to
install/uninstall, change anything. I cannot access anywhere to
obtain help, and the 'Help & Support function tells me that this
cannot happen, as Windows XP will not allow PC to be left without
and administrators account. I am really snookered and cannot
access many functions of my computer. Won't allow me to create
another account either. Anyone know the magic formula???

As you obviously weren't the user called "administrator", I would suggest
the following..

If Windows XP Professional.. Reboot and if you have a "welcome screen"
logon - press CTRL+ALT+DEL twice there and log in with the username
"administrator" and if you know the password for that user - use it - if
not - try logging in without a password.

If Windows XP Home Edition.. Reboot the computer into safe mode and logon
as the user "administrator" and if you know the password for that user - use
it - if not - try logging in without a password.

If you do not know the user's ("administrator") password - you can try
hacking it:

Hack your password:
http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

Once in - that use has all the rights an abilities you need to fix your
other users.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html


I have the same problem as Natalie. I deleted the Administrator Account by
mistake and my laptop has Windows XP home edition. HOW DO I BOOT IN SAFE MODE
AS DIRECTED ABOVE? WHAT IS THIS SAFE MODE? CAN SOMEONE TELL ME???