jimmuh

If you boot to Safe Mode (Hit F8 key repeatedly after restarting the system)
are you able to log in as Administrator? If so, go into User Accounts in the
Control Panel and change your personal account back to the Administrator type.

"John H" wrote:

> I inadvertedly changed the "original"account to a standard user and now I'm
> locked out without any control or access. How can I get back to the original
> settings?
>
> "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:
>
> > When Vista is installed the first user account you set up is automatically
> > given administrator privileges. What happened to this account? Did you
> > demote this account to a Standard User?
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Ronnie Vernon
> > Microsoft MVP
> > Windows Shell/User
> >
> >
> > "Vista Advocate - Now" <[c_nulli@hotmail.com]> wrote in message
> > news:uqKddejeHHA.1388@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > > Using Vista Home Premium and want to give myself Administrator privileges.
> > > When I choose to change my account type from Standard to Administrator,
> > > the "change account" box is greyed out.
> > >
> > > I am the only user of the machine and the only other account set up (don't
> > > know how) is an account called ASP.NET Machine Account.
> > >
> > > I want to control my system.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >