Disabled Admin account

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

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

replace the .ca with .com to reply

--

Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.
Arthur C Clarke

Boot into Safe Mode. The actual built in administrator account will always
be availalbe in Safe Mode assuming the password is known. --- Steve


"Lobsang Mack rogers com>" <hmack <atdot> wrote in message
news:eMXVDgXEGHA.1180@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> 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
>
> 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
>
> replace the .ca with .com to reply
>
> --
>
> Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective
> stories.
> Arthur C Clarke
>

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
news:uCnbCcYEGHA.2912@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Boot into Safe Mode. The actual built in administrator account will always
> be availalbe in Safe Mode assuming the password is known. --- Steve
>
>
> "Lobsang Mack rogers com>" <hmack <atdot> wrote in message
> news:eMXVDgXEGHA.1180@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> 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
>>
>> 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
>>
>> replace the .ca with .com to reply
>>
>> --
>>
>> Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective
>> stories.
>> Arthur C Clarke
>>
>
>

Normal user accounts would be but the built in admin account is an
exception. Glad you sorted it out and it never hurts to ask. --- Steve


"Lobsang Mack rogers com>" <hmack <atdot> wrote in message
news:Or1wGJkEGHA.1424@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> 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
> news:uCnbCcYEGHA.2912@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Boot into Safe Mode. The actual built in administrator account will
>> always be availalbe in Safe Mode assuming the password is known. ---
>> Steve
>>
>>
>> "Lobsang Mack rogers com>" <hmack <atdot> wrote in message
>> news:eMXVDgXEGHA.1180@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> 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
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> replace the .ca with .com to reply
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective
>>> stories.
>>> Arthur C Clarke
>>>
>>
>>
>
>