Administrative account is no longer visible when login

[Guest Barbara]

Last Friday I was browsing through the Internet to look for a way to do

backup for MS Access and I came across this article:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03july14.mspx

i follow the instruction for XP Professional. The backup was fine and it

did what it says; however, this morning when i came in and turn on my

computer, i got an error msg - saying that "administrative" cannot login to

my computer. when I click ok from the pop-up menu; it continue to process as

usual except my "administrative user" (which is the one i usually work on) is

gone. i only have 1 user left.

 

what I did different Friday was when i created the backup, it prompt me for

a password and so i have given it a password then click ok.

 

I check "Local Users and Groups" from "Computer Management" and the user

"Administrative" is still there; yet, it says it cannot login. I have

restart my computer a couple times and it says the same.

 

I already try to do a system restore; it didn't work either.

 

please help.

[Guest JS]

Re: Administrative account is no longer visible when login

 

Is the account named "administrative" or is it named "Administrator"?

 

JS

 

"Barbara" <Barbara@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:405350FE-3E12-4F83-B3B8-ED629CFAF489@microsoft.com...

> Last Friday I was browsing through the Internet to look for a way to do

> backup for MS Access and I came across this article:

> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03july14.mspx

> i follow the instruction for XP Professional. The backup was fine and it

> did what it says; however, this morning when i came in and turn on my

> computer, i got an error msg - saying that "administrative" cannot login

> to

> my computer. when I click ok from the pop-up menu; it continue to process

> as

> usual except my "administrative user" (which is the one i usually work on)

> is

> gone. i only have 1 user left.

>

> what I did different Friday was when i created the backup, it prompt me

> for

> a password and so i have given it a password then click ok.

>

> I check "Local Users and Groups" from "Computer Management" and the user

> "Administrative" is still there; yet, it says it cannot login. I have

> restart my computer a couple times and it says the same.

>

> I already try to do a system restore; it didn't work either.

>

> please help.

[Guest Barbara]

Re: Administrative account is no longer visible when login

 

it is named "administrator".

 

"JS" wrote:

> Is the account named "administrative" or is it named "Administrator"?

>

> JS

>

> "Barbara" <Barbara@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:405350FE-3E12-4F83-B3B8-ED629CFAF489@microsoft.com...

> > Last Friday I was browsing through the Internet to look for a way to do

> > backup for MS Access and I came across this article:

> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03july14.mspx

> > i follow the instruction for XP Professional. The backup was fine and it

> > did what it says; however, this morning when i came in and turn on my

> > computer, i got an error msg - saying that "administrative" cannot login

> > to

> > my computer. when I click ok from the pop-up menu; it continue to process

> > as

> > usual except my "administrative user" (which is the one i usually work on)

> > is

> > gone. i only have 1 user left.

> >

> > what I did different Friday was when i created the backup, it prompt me

> > for

> > a password and so i have given it a password then click ok.

> >

> > I check "Local Users and Groups" from "Computer Management" and the user

> > "Administrative" is still there; yet, it says it cannot login. I have

> > restart my computer a couple times and it says the same.

> >

> > I already try to do a system restore; it didn't work either.

> >

> > please help.

>

>

>

[Guest JS]

Re: Administrative account is no longer visible when login

 

If that remaining account has administrative privileges then try this:

 

Click Start/Run/and type in: Control Userpasswords2 and then press OK

Next click the 'Users' tab (if it's not already selected).

Now click on the user's account name.that you want to change/reset the

password for, and

Click the 'Reset Password' button located at the bottom right.

Enter the new password into the 'New password' box,

Enter the same password again in the 'Confirm new password' box.

Next click the 'OK' button and once again click 'OK'.

Finally restart your PC, and logon using the account name and password you

entered.

 

 

Also see: How to log on to Windows XP if you forget your password or if your

password expires

(This Microsoft article applies to both XP Home and Pro)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321305/en-us

 

JS

 

"Barbara" <Barbara@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:CA78B139-3FA4-4218-A292-FDA1E00B058E@microsoft.com...

> it is named "administrator".

>

> "JS" wrote:

>

>> Is the account named "administrative" or is it named "Administrator"?

>>

>> JS

>>

>> "Barbara" <Barbara@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:405350FE-3E12-4F83-B3B8-ED629CFAF489@microsoft.com...

>> > Last Friday I was browsing through the Internet to look for a way to do

>> > backup for MS Access and I came across this article:

>> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03july14.mspx

>> > i follow the instruction for XP Professional. The backup was fine and

>> > it

>> > did what it says; however, this morning when i came in and turn on my

>> > computer, i got an error msg - saying that "administrative" cannot

>> > login

>> > to

>> > my computer. when I click ok from the pop-up menu; it continue to

>> > process

>> > as

>> > usual except my "administrative user" (which is the one i usually work

>> > on)

>> > is

>> > gone. i only have 1 user left.

>> >

>> > what I did different Friday was when i created the backup, it prompt me

>> > for

>> > a password and so i have given it a password then click ok.

>> >

>> > I check "Local Users and Groups" from "Computer Management" and the

>> > user

>> > "Administrative" is still there; yet, it says it cannot login. I have

>> > restart my computer a couple times and it says the same.

>> >

>> > I already try to do a system restore; it didn't work either.

>> >

>> > please help.

>>

>>

>>