Windows 7: I've Lost Control of My System :(

Hey all, In an attempt to secure my system one of the things i did was to rename the built-in administrator account and apply a password. While still logged in as me (administrator) i moved my account from the admin group to the power users group. I continued to make some other changes but at some point needed to reboot my system. I logged back in as myself and soon discovered that i couldn't launch executables or make changes to the system that required elevated privileges because i forgot to enable the built-in admin account (which is disabled by default). How do i fix this?

Edit

Guess I was wrong

There are a couple of ways. Restore from a backup before the problem, or enabling the built in Admin account (tutorial on enabling in tutorial section). I would restore from a backup if available because you dont know what else has gone south.

Let us know if you need help with whichever path you choose

Ken

Try this it may help.

Built-in Administrator Account - Enable or Disable[2]=User Accounts

I think we need some more basic information from the OP... Please fill in your system specs.. OK?

I would be interested to know if you can do any of these things - restore a backup, system restore or enable the administrator account - if you do not have administrative access to the system. I am guessing that you can't. The linux boot NT password utility should work on Windows 7 I know it does on Vista.

MikeV

If you lo0ok at the bottom of the page you will see 6 members and 13 guests are witing to give you a hand if you need one

Ken

Must be a bad case of stage fright!!

The OP is asking the wrong question.

How do I log in as the (default hidden) Administrator?

A

You mean the netuser administrator ?