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Old 12-18-2003, 03:53 PM
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Unhappy Agghhhh!!! Windows Xp Pro Admin Probs

i have two machines both running windows XP Pro. They are networked together and i am the admin for both of them. Because these machine are for the rest of my family i always allow them to install as much or as little as they like, meaning that their accounts are also admin. Some how, one of the other users on my network has Disabled my Account...now i should mention that my machine is host of the network and i am the only user on it.

the other machine has two users and an admin. i've tried going through the network to enable my admin account again, but it tells me i dont have 'access' and i cant do it on the machine in question because there is no other admin set

i've tried the logging in using ALT+CTRL+2x DEL but it tells me that "Your Account has been disabled, please contact your System administrator for details"

i just dont know what else to try...im kinda hoping it doesn't mean a clean install...cause that would suck.

thanks in advance eh?

andy_

P.S. i've tried the 'Net Use' command in prompt too, but i wasn't entirely sure how to use it :P
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Old 12-18-2003, 10:24 PM
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restart the computer in question, tap the F8 key from the time it starts to boot untill you get a boot options screen. start in safe mode, see if you can log in and fix you account from there. if you installed xp on that machine, or set the machine up when it was new you should be able to use the administrator account.
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Old 12-19-2003, 01:52 AM
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known_criminal,

you are a genius man!!!

ok so here's what i did;

1. Booted into Safe mode, when i did there were no accounts on the log in screen
2. ALT+CTRL+2 X DEL to get the old win 2000 style log in...
3. typed my pass word and boom!!

i was in!! the rest of it is just fiddling in Computer Management/User and Group Settings. It was a single Tick Box Man, a singlke tick box that completly halted my system...

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