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Steve Midgley
No, this isn't another case of the administrator account being disabled
(well, yes it is but I have a bigger problem). The only administrator
account on the computer is the ASPNET account, which does me no good at all.
The Administrator account isn't a logon choice in Safe Mode.
I don't know why or when this happened, but the only logon account on this
computer is a member of "users" and "Debugger Users" only - it was a member
of administrators, as well, but something got changed. I can't elevate the
account at all, for any reason. Any attempt to "Run as Administrator"
results in "Access Denied"
Running "net user Administrator /Active:yes" from the command prompt gives
me access denied.
Booting from the Vista disk and running the same command as above "seems" to
work but I still have no administrator logon in safe mode, as I should.
I've done several searches and have found others that have the same problem
but no solutions.
Does anyone have any advice as to what I might try next. Remember, I can't
do anything that requires an administrative account, elevated from a user or
otherwise.
I could easily reinstall Vista but I work as a computer tech and would like
to have the solution in case it comes up again.
Thanks in advance for any assistance,
Steve Midgley
(well, yes it is but I have a bigger problem). The only administrator
account on the computer is the ASPNET account, which does me no good at all.
The Administrator account isn't a logon choice in Safe Mode.
I don't know why or when this happened, but the only logon account on this
computer is a member of "users" and "Debugger Users" only - it was a member
of administrators, as well, but something got changed. I can't elevate the
account at all, for any reason. Any attempt to "Run as Administrator"
results in "Access Denied"
Running "net user Administrator /Active:yes" from the command prompt gives
me access denied.
Booting from the Vista disk and running the same command as above "seems" to
work but I still have no administrator logon in safe mode, as I should.
I've done several searches and have found others that have the same problem
but no solutions.
Does anyone have any advice as to what I might try next. Remember, I can't
do anything that requires an administrative account, elevated from a user or
otherwise.
I could easily reinstall Vista but I work as a computer tech and would like
to have the solution in case it comes up again.
Thanks in advance for any assistance,
Steve Midgley