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Craig

Hello there.

The administrator account got disabled on one of my machines. I have no
other accounts on this machine to get on it.

What are my options? Any suggestions on how I can re-enable this
account?

Thanks!
Craig
 
Boot to Safe Mode. At the Welcome screen you will see the machine's
built in Administrator account. Log in to the Administrator account (it
has no password) and create a new account for yourself with
administrator permissions. Then boot back into Windows and log in with
your new account.

DO NOT touch the built in Administrator...it is your lifeline.
 
That's the problem. the main "Administrator" is disabled and it has a
password on it as well. I know the password but need to re-enable the
account. Is there something in the registry I can do reset?

I'm able to boot off a cd like BartPE for example and can get into a
dos prompt and/or the registry. Just need to know what I can reset?
Thanks!!

Regards,
Craig
 
Craig said:
That's the problem. the main "Administrator" is disabled and it has a
password on it as well. I know the password but need to re-enable the
account. Is there something in the registry I can do reset?

I'm able to boot off a cd like BartPE for example and can get into a
dos prompt and/or the registry. Just need to know what I can reset?
Thanks!!
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Do as Mr. Zieglar suggested and boot into Safe Mode. Booting into Safe
Mode will temporarily enabled the built-in Administrator account again
for just that session.

Malke
 
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