bandar8338 Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 Thanks in advance for any help.I installed XP w/SP2 on my girlfriend's laptop yesterday, everything went fine, used an unattended CD with the help of nLite. I then created another account under her name, and then disabled the Administrator account, as I usually do. However, I messed up in the process and didn't realize that the new account would automatically be in the Users group and not the Administrators group. Thus, she can't install anything, and can't log in to the Administrator account. Is there any way to fix this, short of a password recovery CD (which I'm not even positive will work)? The monkey wrench thrown all into the mix is that her laptop's display is messed up, and thus she has an external monitor and keyboard/mouse. However, the external monitor doesn't receive a signal till Windows has booted. The screen flickers during bootup/BIOS/DOS stuff/etc., and isn't 100% reliable. That's why I'm trying to see if I don't have to use a password recovery disk, as she won't be able to see anything on her monitor.Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synapse Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 how did you disable the admin account? and have you tried start -> run -> control userpasswords2why would you disable the admin account anyways insted of just making a password on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 why not just rename the admin account 2 u could try.. booting 2 command prompt/recovery console Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synapse Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 when i fix my friends computers if they lose a passsword or whatever, i use ERD Commander, its a pay tool but comes in handy. again with the monitor not displaying till windows i'm not sure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curv Boll Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 Hi there,Just a thought,but you might find that bartpe will allow you to boot and manage the o/swithout actually running the operating system, so to speak!It should allow you to activate the admin account.I have never used it to do this but i reckon it will work.you will need an xp disk with sp1 installed or a win 2003 disk for this to work.good luckSUPER BARTPECB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckydip Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 If the adminstrator account is disabled, password reset tools can be quite useless in a way becos when the account is disabled. Even changing the password wont help..Here is a guide on how u do it.... u need a tool that can change the disabled status to "enabled" status..http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htmThis is the tool required...http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/Someone here also have the same situation as you...http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_...Q_20877615.html:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolookingca Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 on a side note, how do you disable the admin account? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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