I had the same problem and wound up spending $20.00 for a program that boots
up in linux and resets the password to blanks. You then change your
password and all will be well. A Google search will locate possible
remedies.
"AMLien" <AMLien@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FDF330D2-28B1-4F51-A477-231BA67A7090@microsoft.com...
> It won't let me without the Administrator password (which I don't believe
> exists). [sigh]
>
> "hithere" wrote:
>
>> set your account to have admin rights
>>
>>
>> "AMLien" <AMLien@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:AAA966C7-1811-40C3-9366-FAD55ECA2FDB@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi all! So I apparently royally screwed up yesterday and set my User
>> > Account
>> > to be a standard account. Now that I've shut down and restarted,
>> > everytime
>> > I
>> > try to do anything like copy files to certain locations, install
>> > updates,
>> > etc. (which I do multiple times a day) it won't let me and asks me for
>> > the
>> > Administrator's password. The problem is, I never SET the
>> > Administrator's
>> > password. And it won't let me just leave the password field blank. Is
>> > there
>> > ANYTHING I can do to resolve this? (Please say yes. LOL!)
>> >
>> > I've browsed the other posts here, but haven't found a solution that
>> > works
>> > yet (although I could be missing it). Any help would be greatly
>> > appreciated!
>>
>>