Cant become adminstrator, cant use regedit, disc management, etc ???


  1. draptak
    Posts : 52
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
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    Cant become adminstrator, cant use regedit, disc management, etc ???


    Running windows 7 Ulitimate 32-bit.
    In USER ACCOUNTS , Cant change from user profile from standard user to Adminstrator.
    Unable to create a new user account, ERROR -The specified account name is not valid, because account names cannot contain the following characters: /\[]":;|<>+=,?
    Overall this is the problem
    ERROR- Windows cannot find:
    ::{26ee0668--A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683} \0\::{60632754-c523-4b6...\pageadmintasks

    I dont have a system restore point.

    ??
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  3. Bill
    Posts : 197
    Windows 7 Enterprise x64
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    Does the username have any of the following characters? /\[]":;|<>+=,?

    See if this little trick helps:

    Built-in Administrator Account - Enable or Disable
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