Locked myself out of administrator level - help!

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  1. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 beta & XP pro (company)
       #1

    Locked myself out of administrator level - help!


    Hi all,

    My problem occured when I modified my only administrator user account to auto-logon via 'netplwiz' (I also added a full name account to the account as well).

    Finished changing this, then I realise I'm now been demoted to a Guest account, and stuck at this level!

    I can not activate administrator for any playing I can do so far.


    Any ideas without a reinstall (I'm on a system without a CD/DVD drive)

    Thanks
    Craig
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  2. Posts : 109
    Slackware / Windows 7 x64 7100
       #2

    Google this: ntpasswd

    It will work...........................

    EDIT: I may have jumped the gun..........didn't read it clearly.
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  3. Posts : 16,131
    7 X64
       #3
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  4. Posts : 5,747
    7600.20510 x86
       #4

    Yep SIW2. I have had the same experience and results as the author of your link. Must read.
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  5. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 beta & XP pro (company)
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Hi,
    I've got the NTPasswd working fine & booting on USB.
    I can promote Guest login to Admin, but I can not promote my own login "Craig" to Admin. Craig <> Guest I suppose.
    I removed the password from Craig and tried again, still no luck.

    cheers
    Craig
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  6. Posts : 748
    Vista and now 7 in 32 and 64 bit.
       #6

    Have you tried logging in as the Global Administrator? ::
    Go to Start/All Programs and right click the command prompt.
    Type Control UserPasswords2.
    Click Advanced.
    Click Advanced again.
    Select Users.
    Select Administrator and untick the the box “Administrator is disabled”
    Now log out and login as Administrator.

    If you find, because of a “lower” edition, or level, of Windows 7, you cannot open the window above, do it this way:
    Shut down the computer for a cold boot. Tap the "F8" key as you are booting.
    Select "Safe Mode with networking" from the boot menu.
    Log into windows Vista with your personal account that holds the administrator access.
    Open a command window (START--->RUN--->CMD.exe). At the command prompt type the following "net user administrator /active".

    Log out and log back in as administrator.
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  7. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 beta & XP pro (company)
    Thread Starter
       #7

    hi davehc,
    I tried all options you discussed, all came up administrator password required (with no window to type it LOL), on in the case of DOS window (safe mode) "Access is denied"

    I'm going back into ntpasswd having another look!

    cheers
    C
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  8. Posts : 748
    Vista and now 7 in 32 and 64 bit.
       #8

    On the second method, right click the Command Prompt and select "Run as Administrator", before proceeding.
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  9. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 beta & XP pro (company)
    Thread Starter
       #9

    After my previous message I found a fix, and now working at admin!!

    My story goes... while I was still in safe mode, I tried switching between users, and found I had the choice of the guest account (not seen before, that had been promoted to admin with ntpasswd).
    ANother strange issue, looking at users my orginal user name "craig" had disappeared, and I could not add again (windows error of "invalid characters"??).
    So there a few issues on this side... and that's why it called beta I suppose LOL

    thanks for your help.. & cheers
    Craig
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  10. Posts : 1,939
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Steve Ballmer Signature Edition
       #10

    Google and download ophcrack live cd! It creates a bootdisk that uses brute force to crack your passwords!
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