Lazy Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Hi. When I first got this computer (Windows XP) each of the people who used this account had equal status and we were all fine with that. My sister has currently change her own status to administrator. She has change my user name to one that is VERY annoying and changed mine and my mums account to limited. In the family, I have the most knowledge of computers and this is why it is so annoying that my sister is adminastrator, and because her sense of humour she likes to change settings that are not for the best and download things that slow down the computer and can potentially contain viruses. My mum doesn't really understand computers so her being admin would be a waste of time seeing as she doesn't even go on it.So, bringing me to the point, how can I change the status to equal (or even just my name, the one she's given me is awful) or change myself to admin??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raza Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 if u know her password access the account and change the name ,rights etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffshen Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 reinstall a copy over the copy you have now... you will lose all windows settings but your programmes should stay intact... =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takeshi Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Not sure if your sister's acc is Admin or any admin.If you use XP Home Ed the Admin account pw is blank by default (go to Safe Mode).If you use XP Pro, blank the Admin account pw (discussed here recently).Provided it's all for the legit reason of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjz Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 Log into safe mode and change verything back. Thenm ro deo all passwords.Use the offline password reset as a last resort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suryad Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 Err if you reinstall over the existing installation but leave the filesystem intact, I think the registry gets reset..so though the OS has no knowledge of the existence of your programs you can still run them by dbl clicking the exe file...But yeah sucks mate that your sister switched account privileges on you. I think best bet is to get her password...somehow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raza Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 u don't need to enter safe mode just go to logon screen hit ctrl+alt+delx 2 then enter administrator in user name and leave password space blank . you will enter a built in administrator account and do whatever u want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purewaveform Posted March 28, 2005 Share Posted March 28, 2005 If that doesnt work then just use a tool like ntpasswd that will let you change any password. Change what you wish and then login. Then you can make whatever changes are necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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