Fixing the magnify.exe after enabling default administrator

beachinmoney

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Hi, I got locked out and followed the directions to enable to default administrator,,When I went to change passwords I did not change the magnify.exe back to the cmd.exe. Now I can't I have to be a trusted installer. There are also three of them. One is in the x86 folder, one int he Sys/WOW64, and another in amd64_microsoft-widows-magnify, this one and the first I mentioned have the same log group of numbers and lettrs following it.

It's making things even more difficult to do cause I can't open a comand prompt at all without rebooting. Is there anyone out there who can tell me how to identify which is the correct magnify.exe to change back to cmd.exe. I do have one that is oldmagnify.ext. Should it be that one.

And then one more problem. Now I am not the adminstrator so I need a "trusted installer" to make the change. My default administrator can't do it either because I created a profile for my network to use the same one on my Vista to share files in case I'm ever locked out again. I think by doing that the system automatically took full level admin rights away from my default admin!!!

I am working with someone who is helping me a ton but he is off and I just need to get the command prompt to work again!!!:cry:
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP HDX 18T 1100CTO/Gateway SX2000
OS
Vista Spk 2 x64 Home Premium/Windows 7 Home premium
CPU
Laptop NVIDIA/ 22" envision NVIDIA
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA G9600
Other Info
This was made to order and since it was there is no documentation online about it.
Try booting from the install dvd, navigate to command prompt and follow the password change tutorial from there.
 

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Too many to describe...
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Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
I have already done the password changes though. Are you saying do them all over again? You know what is really strange is that when I do log in now after changing the password it says that I have logged in under a different password. Then when I log in the administrator it wouldn't let me. I thought I had lost my mind and forgotten that. I did password reset disk but couldn't figure out how to get them to work. Anyways, now I can get into a c prompt by putting in my old password for myself and that is not the same as my new one that logs me into the screen but not into the c prompt. And I can get into there with my new administrator account that I thought I had lost the password for but not into the start with it. So, as long as it can't mess it up further I am doing your method of changing the passwords again. Instead of the magnify way.
 
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My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP HDX 18T 1100CTO/Gateway SX2000
OS
Vista Spk 2 x64 Home Premium/Windows 7 Home premium
CPU
Laptop NVIDIA/ 22" envision NVIDIA
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA G9600
Other Info
This was made to order and since it was there is no documentation online about it.
Okay, I got to the part where you change to 123 and then click set up and there is no setup, just default. so I am reading a tutorial by Brink on how to fix that which is here http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/78815-manage-fix-file-does-not-have-program-associated-2.html. I am at the Ink and there is no Inkfile, again, just the ink and then in the right just the default. I don't want to mess this up. What now????

Also it says that any encrypted files will be lost. So doing this again doesn't seem like a good idea. And I have a config and then I have a systemprofile and then from there I have a ngtuser.dat file which is where I believe my passwords are. So why would i redo this with new passwords and just further lock myself out of things... I believe I know what the key is as well, or can find it connected to my old profiles. Wouldn't it make more sense to load the hive that way? I don't know. I'm not going to do anything further til I get some answers.
 
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My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP HDX 18T 1100CTO/Gateway SX2000
OS
Vista Spk 2 x64 Home Premium/Windows 7 Home premium
CPU
Laptop NVIDIA/ 22" envision NVIDIA
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA G9600
Other Info
This was made to order and since it was there is no documentation online about it.
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