Limited account

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Rocky Judd

how do i become a adminstrator on my computer? I have
tried a ton of things but whenever i try something it
says i do not have administrative rights. I cannot run
most of my programs and i cannot change hardly any
settings. I have looked at the user accounts and i cannot
change anything their either. Under my user icon and name
it says limited account and only has a few options to
change and none of them help. someone please help.
 
For XP Pro: At the Welcome Screen, press CTRL-ALT-DEL twice, with no users
logged on. You'll get the old Win2K style login. Enter Administrator and
whatever password may be assigned to this built in account. If you don't
know that a password was set, leave it blank. You can access Control
Panel, User Accounts from there.

For XP Home: You must boot to Safe Mode. Press the F8 key between the BIOS
information screen and Windows starting to load. The Administrator account
will appear on the Welcome Screen.
 
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