The other day I thought it'd be a good idea to screw around with the settings on my parents' computer. My parents say they can't trust me and you'll find out why.
My parents put a limitation in the first place for me to not download anything malicious, and around last summer I was always yelled at for using the computer at night, so they put Parental Controls (only the time limit, from 8AM to 9PM) and changed my account type to Standard User. That means I can't use the computer at night, even if I tried.
I was sick and tired of it, honestly, so I thought the smart thing to do was to download an .iso to burn to a disc to reset the password, and or, promote my account to administrator. I downloaded the Trinity Rescue Kit and burnt it to a DVD in order to promote my account to administrator. Little did I know, the thing kind of messes up with your UAC, I ignored the warnings. In order to use Parental Controls, you have to be a Standard User. Which, I updated my account's settings, and well, the controls didn't go away. I still had the time limit, and all the other stuff my parents put on here. I tried to go into the Control Panel to remove it and it did absolutely nothing. When I clicked on my account's name it said I had to be a Standard User to change it. I tried to change my account to a Standard one and it did absolutely nothing. It remained an Administrator, which I knew if I left my account as an Administrator, my parents would one day find out that I've been downloading stuff and I've completely disobeyed them.
I later removed my parents' account's password and tried it there. It didn't do anything but wipe their password, oh great, they're going to be more mad at me now! My dad got really upset and threatened to delete my account along with all my files. Here I am, now, on my sister's account on the machine. I'm trying to access my account and type in the password, but the User Account Control window pops up, but the 'Yes' option is greyed out and there's no space to type in my password. I rebooted into Safe Mode and saw that my account was not there. I logged into my sister's account and the problem still persists. On the login screen, my account "User" will not show up, when I booted it up earlier this evening it was working completely fine. It said the warning that I wasn't allowed onto my account, and then I logged into my sister's and rebooted and it was gone. When I navigate to C:\Users - my account files are still there. Not being able to access them, because of the User Account Control window not letting me type any password or click 'yes'.
I have no idea what to do now, I can't restore this machine back to the other date, since it'll make my parents even more angry at me, and I think using the DVD will just muck it up even more. This is confusing me, if anyone knows what they're doing and how to fix this, please reply. Thank you.
My parents put a limitation in the first place for me to not download anything malicious, and around last summer I was always yelled at for using the computer at night, so they put Parental Controls (only the time limit, from 8AM to 9PM) and changed my account type to Standard User. That means I can't use the computer at night, even if I tried.
I was sick and tired of it, honestly, so I thought the smart thing to do was to download an .iso to burn to a disc to reset the password, and or, promote my account to administrator. I downloaded the Trinity Rescue Kit and burnt it to a DVD in order to promote my account to administrator. Little did I know, the thing kind of messes up with your UAC, I ignored the warnings. In order to use Parental Controls, you have to be a Standard User. Which, I updated my account's settings, and well, the controls didn't go away. I still had the time limit, and all the other stuff my parents put on here. I tried to go into the Control Panel to remove it and it did absolutely nothing. When I clicked on my account's name it said I had to be a Standard User to change it. I tried to change my account to a Standard one and it did absolutely nothing. It remained an Administrator, which I knew if I left my account as an Administrator, my parents would one day find out that I've been downloading stuff and I've completely disobeyed them.
I later removed my parents' account's password and tried it there. It didn't do anything but wipe their password, oh great, they're going to be more mad at me now! My dad got really upset and threatened to delete my account along with all my files. Here I am, now, on my sister's account on the machine. I'm trying to access my account and type in the password, but the User Account Control window pops up, but the 'Yes' option is greyed out and there's no space to type in my password. I rebooted into Safe Mode and saw that my account was not there. I logged into my sister's account and the problem still persists. On the login screen, my account "User" will not show up, when I booted it up earlier this evening it was working completely fine. It said the warning that I wasn't allowed onto my account, and then I logged into my sister's and rebooted and it was gone. When I navigate to C:\Users - my account files are still there. Not being able to access them, because of the User Account Control window not letting me type any password or click 'yes'.
I have no idea what to do now, I can't restore this machine back to the other date, since it'll make my parents even more angry at me, and I think using the DVD will just muck it up even more. This is confusing me, if anyone knows what they're doing and how to fix this, please reply. Thank you.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Home Premium x646 GBIntel
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- HP pavilion g6
- OS
- Windows 7 Home Premium x64
- Memory
- 6 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel
