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TechsasDawg
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Since: Jan 17, 2009
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:00 pm    Post subject: Admin account disappeared
Archived from groups: microsoft>public>win2000>security (more info?)
I set up wife's computer for her as limited, and myself as administrator
priviledges. All of a sudden, my account has disappeared and I can't get it
back. I have tried 'restore' and 'recovery' but can't get them to run as
wife isn't administrator. I can't even upgrade the operating system with the
new vista disks I have as they also need 'admin' permission. Everything I
try is blocked due to lack of an account with admin capabilities. What can I
do???

Thanks
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davidm_silva
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Since: Jan 30, 2009
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:15 am    Post subject: RE: Admin account disappeared [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
When Windows is Starting (after the Windows Vista, Windows XP or Windows 7
logos) type F8 constantly till Windows opens the account selector. There you
can see an account called Administrator.
(If you're using Windows 2000 or previous or Windows 2000 account selector,
type Administrator in the username field)
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