Hello,
By default the administrator account is disabled, even in Safe Mode.
In Windows XP, even a disabled Administrator account was available for
Logon in Safe Mode.
In Windows Vista, Safe Mode only allows a logon with a disabled
Administrator Account if that is the only remaining administrator account
left on the machine.
If other administrator accounts exist, then you cannot log onto the machine
using the disabled adminstrator account even in Safe Mode.
If you would remove all the administrator accounts on a machine, before
enabling the local administartor account, you would not be able to create
an administrator account on that machine, You would probably need to
reinstall.
To logon locally in Safe Mode as the disabled administrator you would need
physical access to the machine.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
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|>In what kind of system configuration is this possible? Because I've never
|>seen Vista act this way. Normally, the Administrator account is disabled
|>regardless of whether or not you're in Safe Mode -- AFAIK. WinXP would
behave
|>this way, if you left the password for the Administrator blank during
|>installation. Vista wouldn't be very secure at all if all anyone had to
do
|>was to boot into Safe Mode to get into a passwordless Administrator
account.
|>
|>If what you describe is, indeed, possible in Vista (and I suspect that
the
|>only way to get that result would be to ENABLE the Administrator account
|>while leaving it without a password), but I still wouldn't expect that to
|>come up as a "default" user account in Safe Mode. On the Vista systems
I'm
|>using you get all of the accounts displayed on the Safe Mode logon screen
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|>EXCEPT for Administrator.
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|>"Robert Firth" wrote:
|>
|>> If you want to ensure the administrator's account is still there, boot
in
|>> safe mode. The administrator account should be default and there is not
a
|>> password. Simply press enter. The adminstrator account is disabled by
|>> default and only can be used through safe mode.
|>>
|>> Robert Firth
|>>
http://www.winvistainfo.org
|>>
|>>
|>> |>> > Hi,
|>> >
|>> > Is it possible to delete the Administrator Account?
|>> > I cannot login using the Administrator Account and I fear that I may
have
|>> > deleted it.
|>> > My PC is on a domain using Windows Vista Business.
|>> >
|>> > Thank you
|>> >
|>>
|>