Worked like a dream...thanx.....I was going to try that earlier but I
figured the the account would still be disabled.....silly of me

"steve umbach" <n9rou@nO-spam-for-me-comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Boot into Safe Mode. The actual built in administrator account will always
> be availalbe in Safe Mode assuming the password is known. --- Steve
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> "Lobsang Mack rogers com>" <hmack <atdot> wrote in message
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>> XP Pro latest service patches
>> User is a member of the admin group
>> he disables the Admin account
>> user cannot run the User Accounts from the CP
>> I drop to a command prompt and try to do a net user administrator
>> *.....it prompts me for a new password but then returns an error
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>> Short of using lighter fluid and a match on the <L>user...how do I manage
>> to fix this.
>>
>> Many thanks in return
>>
>> fotosbyharvey@rogers.ca
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>> replace the .ca with .com to reply
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>> Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective
>> stories.
>> Arthur C Clarke
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