issues with user accounts

[Guest Brandy]

I accidentally clicked limited account under user accounts and now I can't

download anything. How do I fix this. I was the administrator and now I can't

get into anything. Please help!!

[Guest JS]

Re: issues with user accounts

 

Windows has a hidden Administrator account

The password for this account is normally blank (none).

 

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.

 

In XP Pro, you do not need to go into Safe Mode. At the Welcome Screen,

do/press the

Ctrl-Alt-Del keys twice to get the classic Windows logon box. Type in

"Administrator" (without the quotes) and whatever password you assigned

(default is no password)

when you set up Windows.

 

JS

 

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

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>I accidentally clicked limited account under user accounts and now I can't

> download anything. How do I fix this. I was the administrator and now I

> can't

> get into anything. Please help!!

[Guest Malke]

Re: issues with user accounts

 

JS wrote:

> Windows has a hidden Administrator account

> The password for this account is normally blank (none).

>

> 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.

>

> In XP Pro, you do not need to go into Safe Mode. At the Welcome Screen,

> do/press the

> Ctrl-Alt-Del keys twice to get the classic Windows logon box. Type in

> "Administrator" (without the quotes) and whatever password you assigned

> (default is no password)

> when you set up Windows.

 

Nice information. Looks familiar. Information is free and we all like to

share but if you're going to copy something I wrote word-for-word, it is

courteous to give credit.

 

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

> news:64FF6950-05FA-4841-96F5-F855BD812DE5@microsoft.com...

>> I accidentally clicked limited account under user accounts and now I can't

>> download anything. How do I fix this. I was the administrator and now I

>> can't

>> get into anything. Please help!!

 

Brandy - The above technique will work. Before you do all that, see if

you have another user account with administrative privileges. If yes,

then log into it and go to the User Accounts applet to make the change

to your own account. Otherwise proceed to the built-in Administrator

account.

 

If you have any questions, please post back.

 

 

Malke

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Elephant Boy Computers

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com

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[Guest JS]

Re: issues with user accounts

 

My apologies, but this information is a modified (several times) version of

something I posted way back. I can only guess that after the changes I made

for this specific post it matched or closely matched what you have posted in

the past. I was not trying to take credit for your hard work. So we don't

collide on this again could you please post your article.

 

JS

 

"Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message

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> JS wrote:

>> Windows has a hidden Administrator account

>> The password for this account is normally blank (none).

>>

>> 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.

>>

>> In XP Pro, you do not need to go into Safe Mode. At the Welcome Screen,

>> do/press the

>> Ctrl-Alt-Del keys twice to get the classic Windows logon box. Type in

>> "Administrator" (without the quotes) and whatever password you assigned

>> (default is no password)

>> when you set up Windows.

>

> Nice information. Looks familiar. Information is free and we all like to

> share but if you're going to copy something I wrote word-for-word, it is

> courteous to give credit.

>

>

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

>> news:64FF6950-05FA-4841-96F5-F855BD812DE5@microsoft.com...

>>> I accidentally clicked limited account under user accounts and now I

>>> can't

>>> download anything. How do I fix this. I was the administrator and now I

>>> can't

>>> get into anything. Please help!!

>

> Brandy - The above technique will work. Before you do all that, see if you

> have another user account with administrative privileges. If yes, then log

> into it and go to the User Accounts applet to make the change to your own

> account. Otherwise proceed to the built-in Administrator account.

>

> If you have any questions, please post back.

>

>

> Malke

> --

> Elephant Boy Computers

> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com

> "Don't Panic!"

> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User