Re-Enabling Local Administrators Account

[Guest Will]

Okay, this one must get asked three times a month, but I'm not finding a

ready answer. We disabled the local administrator account through group

policy on a computer. We then unfortunately disjoined that computer from a

domain at the domain controller. The computer cannot be logged into by any

administrator: it's not in the domain any more, and the local administrator

is disabled. How do I re-enable the local administrator account?

 

I have an ERD Commander 2005 boot disk. I thought the LockSmith program on

that CD was supposed to have a checkbox to re-enable the administrator's

account, but I don't find it. Instead, LockSmith just changes the

password of the account. It's not the password I need to change.

 

Is there a registry setting that would correspond to disabling this account?

What are some valid approaches to re-enabling this account? I realize I

can boot in safe mode, but what good is that going to do me?

 

--

Will

[Guest Syed Khairuddin]

RE: Re-Enabling Local Administrators Account

 

Hello Will,

 

Thanks for posting. Please use the tool listed be which is

completely free and has an option to enable the disabled accounts.

 

http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/

 

Thanks

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"Will" wrote:

> Okay, this one must get asked three times a month, but I'm not finding a

> ready answer. We disabled the local administrator account through group

> policy on a computer. We then unfortunately disjoined that computer from a

> domain at the domain controller. The computer cannot be logged into by any

> administrator: it's not in the domain any more, and the local administrator

> is disabled. How do I re-enable the local administrator account?

>

> I have an ERD Commander 2005 boot disk. I thought the LockSmith program on

> that CD was supposed to have a checkbox to re-enable the administrator's

> account, but I don't find it. Instead, LockSmith just changes the

> password of the account. It's not the password I need to change.

>

> Is there a registry setting that would correspond to disabling this account?

> What are some valid approaches to re-enabling this account? I realize I

> can boot in safe mode, but what good is that going to do me?

>

> --

> Will

>

>

>

[Guest Will]

Re: Re-Enabling Local Administrators Account

 

"Syed Khairuddin" <syed@cigalah.com.sa> wrote in message

news:8EC86C66-D0AA-42AF-A356-E047D8C8E8C2@microsoft.com...

> Hello Will,

>

> Thanks for posting. Please use the tool listed be which is

> completely free and has an option to enable the disabled accounts.

>

> http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/

 

I would really rather stay with commercial off-the-shelf software if at all

possible.

 

--

Will

 

> "Will" wrote:

>

>> Okay, this one must get asked three times a month, but I'm not finding a

>> ready answer. We disabled the local administrator account through

>> group

>> policy on a computer. We then unfortunately disjoined that computer

>> from a

>> domain at the domain controller. The computer cannot be logged into by

>> any

>> administrator: it's not in the domain any more, and the local

>> administrator

>> is disabled. How do I re-enable the local administrator account?

>>

>> I have an ERD Commander 2005 boot disk. I thought the LockSmith program

>> on

>> that CD was supposed to have a checkbox to re-enable the administrator's

>> account, but I don't find it. Instead, LockSmith just changes the

>> password of the account. It's not the password I need to change.

>>

>> Is there a registry setting that would correspond to disabling this

>> account?

>> What are some valid approaches to re-enabling this account? I realize I

>> can boot in safe mode, but what good is that going to do me?

>>

>> --

>> Will

[Guest Meinolf Weber]

Re: Re-Enabling Local Administrators Account

 

Hello Will,

 

COTS software i don't know, but what i know is that this tool works great.

Used it very often on all differnet versions.

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber

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> "Syed Khairuddin" <syed@cigalah.com.sa> wrote in message

> news:8EC86C66-D0AA-42AF-A356-E047D8C8E8C2@microsoft.com...

>

>> Hello Will,

>>

>> Thanks for posting. Please use the tool listed be which is completely

>> free and has an option to enable the disabled accounts.

>>

>> http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/

>>

> I would really rather stay with commercial off-the-shelf software if

> at all possible.

>

>> "Will" wrote:

>>

>>> Okay, this one must get asked three times a month, but I'm not

>>> finding a

>>> ready answer. We disabled the local administrator account through

>>> group

>>> policy on a computer. We then unfortunately disjoined that

>>> computer

>>> from a

>>> domain at the domain controller. The computer cannot be logged

>>> into by

>>> any

>>> administrator: it's not in the domain any more, and the local

>>> administrator

>>> is disabled. How do I re-enable the local administrator account?

>>> I have an ERD Commander 2005 boot disk. I thought the LockSmith

>>> program

>>> on

>>> that CD was supposed to have a checkbox to re-enable the

>>> administrator's

>>> account, but I don't find it. Instead, LockSmith just changes the

>>> password of the account. It's not the password I need to change.

>>> Is there a registry setting that would correspond to disabling this

>>> account?

>>> What are some valid approaches to re-enabling this account? I

>>> realize I

>>> can boot in safe mode, but what good is that going to do me?

>>> -- Will

>>>

[Guest Will]

Re: Re-Enabling Local Administrators Account

 

Apparently I leaped before I looked. You can boot in safe mode and the

administrator is accessible. You can then go into the Computer Manager and

enable the Administrator account, reboot in full mode, and local Admin is

available again.

 

--

Will

 

"Will" <westes-usc@noemail.nospam> wrote in message

news:yeGdnTHgdZch7vHVnZ2dnUVZ_sninZ2d@giganews.com...

> Okay, this one must get asked three times a month, but I'm not finding a

> ready answer. We disabled the local administrator account through group

> policy on a computer. We then unfortunately disjoined that computer from

> a domain at the domain controller. The computer cannot be logged into by

> any administrator: it's not in the domain any more, and the local

> administrator is disabled. How do I re-enable the local administrator

> account?

>

> I have an ERD Commander 2005 boot disk. I thought the LockSmith program

> on that CD was supposed to have a checkbox to re-enable the

> administrator's account, but I don't find it. Instead, LockSmith just

> changes the password of the account. It's not the password I need to

> change.

>

> Is there a registry setting that would correspond to disabling this

> account? What are some valid approaches to re-enabling this account? I

> realize I can boot in safe mode, but what good is that going to do me?

>

> --

> Will

>