Can't run as administrator, please help

Manufacturer/Model: Dell/Inspiron 531
OS: Vista Home Premium 32bit
So I was spending way too much time on facebook and way too much time gaming when I needed to study for a chem test today so I thought it would be a good idea to somehow enable parental controls to only give me 30 mins a day on facebook and an reasonable amount of time on the computer game. I was going to get my roomate to type the password. After I went to parental controls I quickly realized that I could not micro manage the parental controls the way I wanted to because vista sucks.

So I downloaded "USER TIME CONTROL CENTER v 4.9.2.7" from "http://www.1securitycenter.com/index.html" and installed it. Then I realized I did not like the program because when I ran it it did not allow me to use any kind of administrative commands. It took me awile to figure out how to disable it but when I did I was able to uninstall it. The computer rebooted and then I quickly deleted it from out of my recycling bin only to find out that I still can not run administrative commands.

So now I:
1. Do not have the program
2. Can not reinstall the program
3. Can not restore program
4. Can not use any kind of 'run as administrator' (No error message, it tells me to type password but it wont let me imput)

Think that the problem is related to:
1. Csrss.exe
2. Csrstub.exe

And I dont know how to:
1. Access User:administrator

Thank you very much
-Ben Leskovec

Welcome Ben,

See if using this administrator account in safe mode helps.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67567-administrator-account.html?filter

Thank you Richard, you made that look easy.
Surprisingly enough that actually worked in safe mode. I was worried because I tried typing that command in command prompt.

I still have two (not so big anymore) problems
1. I still can not access administration commands in my main 'ben' profile.
2. I need a reliable freeware program that I can use to police myself to prevent wasting time and procrastination in college (aka parental controls)

Thanks again Rich
-your mean green hard-hitting forward

Scratch out number one, that was solved by customizing my profile.

So all that leaves is a decent freeware program

Sorry Ben

I cannot help you. A few months, ago, there was a similar situation with a poster that indicated that he was addicted to the computer and he tried all kinds of remedies, none satisfactory.

I can go to Google and come up with all kinds of suggestions, but I do not know the effect that it will have on your computer, so I am reluctant to do so.

Probably others will come by with suggestions and you can always try the Google approach, yourself.

I am glad, however, that I was able to resolve your initial problem and that your computer is working, again the way you wanted. I hope that you find a solution to your problem and that you enjoy Vista.

Thank your for your very kind words and rep.

Good Luck

After posting, above, I went searching for others that I could help, but then I realized that I could offer you some unasked for assistance. If you plan on using software to help with your computer usage, may I suggest that prior to installation you make a system restore point. You never know what effect the software may have on your computer. In addition, you may want to make an image of your hard drive, and update it once a month. Anyone can experience a computer problem and an image might save the day.

Try this free software and you may be glad one day that you did.

http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express/

Downloaded that software, really beneficial.
Cleaned and defragged whole system, increase in performance. Created both system restore and backed it up.

AWESOME !!

-ben

I am really happy for you Ben. Take care.