Vista - Locked out of Admin Account

chuakp · 06-19-2008

Hi, I stupidly changed my admin account (not the built-in one) into a standard user account. I have previously enabled the built-in administrator account so I thought that I will be able to login as administrator using that built-in account. But the welcome screen now does not show the built-in administrator account and I have no access to any admin account.

I have tried using safe mode but no admin account showed up in the welcome screen. I cannot even run cmd in safemode as an administrator. A dialogue box will appear saying that "User Account Control - to continue, type admin password...". However, there is no prompt for me to type the admin password and the ok button has also been disabled.

Please help!

06-25-2008

Right click 'Computer' and click on "manage'. Go to 'Local user and groups'
right click on users. your account name will be here or create a new account.
It will ask for the administrator password. Enter the one which you had
earlier.

"chuakp" wrote:

Quote:

>
> Hi, I stupidly changed my admin account (not the built-in one) into a
> standard user account. I have previously enabled the built-in
> administrator account so I thought that I will be able to login as
> administrator using that built-in account. But the welcome screen now
> does not show the built-in administrator account and I have no access to
> any admin account.
>
> I have tried using safe mode but no admin account showed up in the
> welcome screen. I cannot even run cmd in safemode as an administrator.
> A dialogue box will appear saying that "User Account Control - to
> continue, type admin password...". However, there is no prompt for me to
> type the admin password and the ok button has also been disabled.
>
> Please help!
>
>
> --
> chuakp
>

06-19-2008	#1 (permalink)
chuakp Vista Home Premium 32bit 1 posts	Locked out of Admin Account Hi, I stupidly changed my admin account (not the built-in one) into a standard user account. I have previously enabled the built-in administrator account so I thought that I will be able to login as administrator using that built-in account. But the welcome screen now does not show the built-in administrator account and I have no access to any admin account. I have tried using safe mode but no admin account showed up in the welcome screen. I cannot even run cmd in safemode as an administrator. A dialogue box will appear saying that "User Account Control - to continue, type admin password...". However, there is no prompt for me to type the admin password and the ok button has also been disabled. Please help!
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06-25-2008	#2 (permalink)
Chandan Omkar n/a posts	RE: Locked out of Admin Account Right click 'Computer' and click on "manage'. Go to 'Local user and groups' right click on users. your account name will be here or create a new account. It will ask for the administrator password. Enter the one which you had earlier. "chuakp" wrote: Quote: > > Hi, I stupidly changed my admin account (not the built-in one) into a > standard user account. I have previously enabled the built-in > administrator account so I thought that I will be able to login as > administrator using that built-in account. But the welcome screen now > does not show the built-in administrator account and I have no access to > any admin account. > > I have tried using safe mode but no admin account showed up in the > welcome screen. I cannot even run cmd in safemode as an administrator. > A dialogue box will appear saying that "User Account Control - to > continue, type admin password...". However, there is no prompt for me to > type the admin password and the ok button has also been disabled. > > Please help! > > > -- > chuakp >
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