John H

Many thanks for this and in fact I managed to get the problem resolved using
this approach afetr scouring several different threads.



"jimmuh" wrote:

> 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.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >