'lost' administrator privledges

daisy wrote:

> kids were creating user groups and the first one they created was
> 'limited'
> not 'administrator' so now we are having trouble doing stuff. Can we
> change
> it? I have very basic computer skills

A little more detail would have been better. You must have at least one user
account with administrative privileges. Log onto it and make your changes
to user accounts as desired. If you don't see a user account with
administrative privileges, log onto the built-in Administrator account
(which cannot be deleted) and make your changes from there.

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
Ctrl-Alt-Del twice to get the classic Windows logon box. Type in
"Administrator" and whatever password you assigned when you set up Windows.

If you reset the built-in Administrator account's password in Home or have
Pro and don't remember the password, use NTpasswd to change the built-in
Administrator account's password to a blank.

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/


Malke
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