Seum said:
Seum said:
Char said:
Bob Hatch wrote:
On 7/9/2011 1:50 AM, Seum wrote:
Once again Experts, I need help.
About 6 months ago I bought a computer with Win7 Home Edition.
I setup my name as administrator : Seum-Admin + password and
made notes
in my secret little book.
This all started when I tried to move a large file from one
partition to
another.
Now, it seems, I am no longer the admin. The machine indicates
that my
password is wrong and proceeded to lead me around in circles.
Short of using a sledge, is there any way to recover from this
mess.
TIA
Try this:
Enable/disable hidden admin account.
From CMD, type
net user administrator /active:yes
Log on as the administrator, then change the password to your
account.
The hidden administrator account does not have a password, so if
you're going to keep it active, you should password protect it.
To disable the hidden account:
Enable/disable hidden admin account.
From CMD, type
net user administrator /active:no
Hello Bob.
Thanks for your response. Your suggestion seemed to be the
simplest
route and I tried it. Here is my attempt:
After the Enable/disable hidden admin account.
C:\Users\jvalh>cmd
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\jvalh>net user administrator /active:yes
System error 5 has occurred.
Access is denied.
Did you remember to right-click on CMD and select Run As
Administrator?
I did repeat the above and after
Net user administrator /active:no
I received:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\jvalh>net user administrator /active:yes
System error 5 has occurred.
Access is denied.
When I rt-clicked on the Command window, it opened up a small window
with the following list: Rt click, Mark, Paste, Select All, Scroll
and find.
Run as admin never appeared after a rt-click.
There seems to be a lot missing here.
The intent was to have you rt-click on the shortcut / link to CMD and
pick run as administrator. However, if I read your problem correctly,
you no longer have an administrator login that works. If that is the
case, then you won't be able to run as admin to be able to complete
the steps since that requires a working administrator account and
password...
It seems to me there are three possible scenarios:
If you CAN log in as an account with administrator rights, then that
administrator account can be used to fix the broken account.
If not, and there are no accounts with administrator rights then the
administrator account is enabled automatically and you can boot to
safe mode, log in as Administrator with no password, and make the
broken account an administrator again.
If not, and there is an account that has administrator rights but you
can't login because the password is wrong, then you'll need to use a
password removal tool - generally, you'll need to burn a CD, boot to
that CD and follow the instructions for that CD.
If you can identify which of those three scenarios covers your
situation (or if I've missed a fourth), I'm sure someone here can help
you along the rest of the way.
