I've Lost Control of My System :(

[MykeV]

Hey all, In an attempt to secure my system one of the things i did was to rename the built-in administrator account and apply a password. While still logged in as me (administrator) i moved my account from the admin group to the power users group. I continued to make some other changes but at some point needed to reboot my system. I logged back in as myself and soon discovered that i couldn't launch executables or make changes to the system that required elevated privileges because i forgot to enable the built-in admin account (which is disabled by default). How do i fix this?

 

[TGSoldier]

Edit

Guess I was wrong

 

[zigzag3143]

Hey all, In an attempt to secure my system one of the things i did was to rename the built-in administrator account and apply a password. While still logged in as me (administrator) i moved my account from the admin group to the power users group. I continued to make some other changes but at some point needed to reboot my system. I logged back in as myself and soon discovered that i couldn't launch executables or make changes to the system that required elevated privileges because i forgot to enable the built-in admin account (which is disabled by default). How do i fix this?

There are a couple of ways. Restore from a backup before the problem, or enabling the built in Admin account (tutorial on enabling in tutorial section). I would restore from a backup if available because you dont know what else has gone south.

Let us know if you need help with whichever path you choose

Ken

 

[jfar]

Try this it may help.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/507-built-administrator-account-enable-disable.html?filter[2]=User Accounts

 

[Tews]

I think we need some more basic information from the OP... Please fill in your system specs.. OK?

 

[ultraplanet]

I would be interested to know if you can do any of these things - restore a backup, system restore or enable the administrator account - if you do not have administrative access to the system. I am guessing that you can't. The linux boot NT password utility should work on W7 I know it does on Vista.

 

[zigzag3143]

MikeV

If you lo0ok at the bottom of the page you will see 6 members and 13 guests are witing to give you a hand if you need one

Ken

 

[Tews]

Must be a bad case of stage fright!!

 

[Antman]

I would be interested to know if you can do any of these things - restore a backup, system restore or enable the administrator account - if you do not have administrative access to the system. I am guessing that you can't. The linux boot NT password utility should work on W7 I know it does on Vista.

The OP is asking the wrong question.

How do I log in as the (default hidden) Administrator?

 

[zigzag3143]

A

You mean the netuser administrator ?

 

[Antman]

A

You mean the netuser administrator ?

I mean, I am on Google.

 

[zigzag3143]

he is offline

 

[jfar]

A

You mean the netuser administrator ?

I mean, I am on Google.

Funny.

 

[Tews]

I guess I'll go on the side

10-7

 

[MykeV]

Wow!!! The responses to my post are remarkable. I didn't expect so many replies so soon. I thank you all for your assistance. I gotta big Kool-Aid smile on my face right about now.

Anyway,

UltraPlanet, Thank you for understanding exactly what my plight is. I am familiar with the linux boot NT password utility and will go out, download it from somewhere on the internet, and use it on my system.

Tews, I will finish populating my system specs as you suggest.

To the rest, I really appreciate your comments. Thanks for the welcome into the community.

 

[Antman]

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[MykeV]

Hey all, I just wanted to let you know that with the suggestion presented by Ultraplanet i was able to enable the built-in administrator account and go about my merry way . The program i used to accomplish this is called Active@ Password-Changer. Thanks again for everyone's help.

 

[ultraplanet]

Nice!