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Unable to access Administrator, Win7
Bizarre situation.
I have a laptop that has one active user account (Standard User). The administrator account is disabled, as is Guest.
All of the tutorials I've found for accessing the elevated Administrator account require an account with admin privs, which I don't have. All of the methods for enabling the administrator account require me to use another account with administrator privs, which I don't have.
I don't have access to the install media for this machine (it's my Mom's, no idea where she 'safely' stored them).
I used LiveCD to try and crack the administrator password, that shows the administrator account is disabled.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
PS - No, I don't have any idea how someone got the machine to this state. She lives in CO, and has 'helpful' neighbors who 'used to be technical'...