Okay, so the user name says it all...

My son changed a standard user account with parental controls to an administrator account by downloading a program off the internet. He went to Offline NT Password & Registry Editor and downloaded cd080802.zip under the bootdisk submenu. Our attempts to correct the problem have failed.

We've tried deleting the account through Control Panel and command prompt.

We've tried making the account inactive through command prompt.

Even when we type in "net user *** " all we get is "The syntax of this command is: ..." like the account is inaccessible. You don't get the "user name could not be found" message that you would if you typed in an invalid user name but you don't get the account information that you normally would either.

We've tried system restore but the account is still set as administrator.

Any assistance you can provide would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.

hello
you can see if you can delete the account through the hidden administrator account
just be sure to turn it off when finished.....good luck!!

hello
can you use the account? can you login to the account is what I should ask.
probably with the program he put in there it wont let you delete (registry edit) but maybe from inside the account you can?

Does the program he used appear in the control panel, under programs?
If so I can help you get rid of it.