Can someone please help me i can see my administrator account when i go into
user accounts. All that is there is Guest, I guess i must have erased this
but i certainly didnt do it on purpose. is there a way to get it back as i
cant change anything as it stands at the moment.
Thank you
Boopygirl

You can boot in to safe mode (Pree F8 right after the boot up screen)

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"boopygirl" wrote:

> Can someone please help me i can see my administrator account when i go into
> user accounts. All that is there is Guest, I guess i must have erased this
> but i certainly didnt do it on purpose. is there a way to get it back as i
> cant change anything as it stands at the moment.
> Thank you
> Boopygirl

boopygirl wrote:

> Can someone please help me i can see my administrator account when i
> go into user accounts. All that is there is Guest, I guess i must have
> erased this but i certainly didnt do it on purpose. is there a way to
> get it back as i cant change anything as it stands at the moment.
> Thank you
> Boopygirl

In XP Home, boot the computer into Safe Mode. Do this by repeatedly
tapping the F8 key as the computer is starting up. This will get you to
the right menu. Navigate using your Up arrow key; the mouse will not
work here. Once in Safe Mode, you will see the normally hidden
Administrator account. The default password is a blank.

In XP Pro, you do not need to go into Safe Mode. At the Welcome Screen,
do Ctrl-Alt-Del twice to get the classic Windows logon box. Type in
"Administrator" and whatever password you assigned when you set up
Windows.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Right I did that but it aint in there either. The only account that is in
there is me as a guest!!!!

"Malke" wrote:

> boopygirl wrote:
>
> > Can someone please help me i can see my administrator account when i
> > go into user accounts. All that is there is Guest, I guess i must have
> > erased this but i certainly didnt do it on purpose. is there a way to
> > get it back as i cant change anything as it stands at the moment.
> > Thank you
> > Boopygirl
>
> In XP Home, boot the computer into Safe Mode. Do this by repeatedly
> tapping the F8 key as the computer is starting up. This will get you to
> the right menu. Navigate using your Up arrow key; the mouse will not
> work here. Once in Safe Mode, you will see the normally hidden
> Administrator account. The default password is a blank.
>
> In XP Pro, you do not need to go into Safe Mode. At the Welcome Screen,
> do Ctrl-Alt-Del twice to get the classic Windows logon box. Type in
> "Administrator" and whatever password you assigned when you set up
> Windows.
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

boopygirl wrote:

> Right I did that but it aint in there either. The only account that is
> in there is me as a guest!!!!

>> boopygirl wrote:
>>
>> > Can someone please help me i can see my administrator account when
>> > i go into user accounts. All that is there is Guest, I guess i must
>> > have erased this but i certainly didnt do it on purpose. is there a
>> > way to get it back as i cant change anything as it stands at the
>> > moment. Thank you

It is not possible to delete the built-in Administrator account. You
still haven't said which version of XP you have, but I'm going to
assume it is Home Edition. Go into Safe Mode per previous instructions.
When you get to the Welcome Screen, do Ctrl-Alt-Del twice and you will
get the classic Windows logon box. Now type in "Administrator" (without
the quotes) and leave the password blank. Now you should be logged into
the Administrator account where you can manage all user accounts from
the User Accounts applet in Control Panel.

In your next post back, please tell us what the virus/malware status of
the computer was. Did you have a full-featured antivirus installed? Was
it a current version (not earlier than 2004) with an active
subscription and updated virus definitions? Also tell us what version
of XP you have - Home or Pro.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Ok i did that and there were two accounts in there one said just
administrator and the other one had my name by the word administrator but
neither of them would let me get into them. I have no spy/malware found and
i am using Xp home with Nortons 2005 fully updated with an active subscription
Betty

"Malke" wrote:

> boopygirl wrote:
>
> > Right I did that but it aint in there either. The only account that is
> > in there is me as a guest!!!!
>
> >> boopygirl wrote:
> >>
> >> > Can someone please help me i can see my administrator account when
> >> > i go into user accounts. All that is there is Guest, I guess i must
> >> > have erased this but i certainly didnt do it on purpose. is there a
> >> > way to get it back as i cant change anything as it stands at the
> >> > moment. Thank you
>
> It is not possible to delete the built-in Administrator account. You
> still haven't said which version of XP you have, but I'm going to
> assume it is Home Edition. Go into Safe Mode per previous instructions.
> When you get to the Welcome Screen, do Ctrl-Alt-Del twice and you will
> get the classic Windows logon box. Now type in "Administrator" (without
> the quotes) and leave the password blank. Now you should be logged into
> the Administrator account where you can manage all user accounts from
> the User Accounts applet in Control Panel.
>
> In your next post back, please tell us what the virus/malware status of
> the computer was. Did you have a full-featured antivirus installed? Was
> it a current version (not earlier than 2004) with an active
> subscription and updated virus definitions? Also tell us what version
> of XP you have - Home or Pro.
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

boopygirl wrote:

> Ok i did that and there were two accounts in there one said just
> administrator and the other one had my name by the word administrator
> but
> neither of them would let me get into them. I have no spy/malware
> found and i am using Xp home with Nortons 2005 fully updated with an
> active subscription Betty

You want to log into the account called Administrator. What does
"neither of them would let me get into them" really mean? What happens
when you try? Remember that I cannot see your computer from here and
please be more descriptive if you want help from this newsgroup.

If you find it difficult to explain exactly what is happening, what
changed between the time things worked, etc. - and that's OK, not
everyone is good with writing and it is hard to write about technical
things if you don't know the terms - then take the machine to a
professional computer repair shop (not your local version of
BigStoreUSA). Someone who can actually see the computer and work with
it hands-on has a much better chance of fixing it quickly than people
who are only reading a sketchy account of the problems.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

they just keep saying that i do not have permission to enter them. i cannot
even do a system resore or put a new program on the computerso will it be
possible for me to fdisk if i need to and if i can will i haveto do anything
different to how i usually do it because of this problem


"Malke" wrote:

> boopygirl wrote:
>
> > Ok i did that and there were two accounts in there one said just
> > administrator and the other one had my name by the word administrator
> > but
> > neither of them would let me get into them. I have no spy/malware
> > found and i am using Xp home with Nortons 2005 fully updated with an
> > active subscription Betty
>
> You want to log into the account called Administrator. What does
> "neither of them would let me get into them" really mean? What happens
> when you try? Remember that I cannot see your computer from here and
> please be more descriptive if you want help from this newsgroup.
>
> If you find it difficult to explain exactly what is happening, what
> changed between the time things worked, etc. - and that's OK, not
> everyone is good with writing and it is hard to write about technical
> things if you don't know the terms - then take the machine to a
> professional computer repair shop (not your local version of
> BigStoreUSA). Someone who can actually see the computer and work with
> it hands-on has a much better chance of fixing it quickly than people
> who are only reading a sketchy account of the problems.
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

boopygirl wrote:

> they just keep saying that i do not have permission to enter them. i
> cannot even do a system resore or put a new program on the computerso
> will it be possible for me to fdisk if i need to and if i can will i
> haveto do anything different to how i usually do it because of this
> problem

So I'm assuming this means that you don't have the password for the
Administrator account? The default is usually a blank but if you or
someone else changed it, you can change it to a blank with a program
called NTpasswd. I don't know if this will be more than you can do (and
again, I'm not saying this to insult you - it does take some computer
skill to create the boot disk and use NTpasswd), but here is the link:

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

Otherwise, I think you should take the machine to a computer
professional and just go do something else while they deal with it.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

It would be really nice to know what eventually solved this problem.

"Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message o
news:eFGVk2xBGHA.2920@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> boopygirl wrote:
>
>> they just keep saying that i do not have permission to enter them. i
>> cannot even do a system resore or put a new program on the computerso
>> will it be possible for me to fdisk if i need to and if i can will i
>> haveto do anything different to how i usually do it because of this
>> problem
>
> So I'm assuming this means that you don't have the password for the
> Administrator account? The default is usually a blank but if you or
> someone else changed it, you can change it to a blank with a program
> called NTpasswd. I don't know if this will be more than you can do (and
> again, I'm not saying this to insult you - it does take some computer
> skill to create the boot disk and use NTpasswd), but here is the link:
>
> http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/
>
> Otherwise, I think you should take the machine to a computer
> professional and just go do something else while they deal with it.
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User