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| Thread ID: 47826 | 2004-08-06 22:37:00 | Win2000 admininstrator settings | Curly (487) | Press F1 |
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| 258947 | 2004-08-06 22:37:00 | God what have I done :-( Some time ago I found a link that allowed me to auto log in to this Win2000 Pro system. As I am the only person to use the computer, I thought this would be OK. Well yesterday I wanted to install a program but received the message "Access denied", you must be logged on as an administrator, or words to effect. OK, I tried to reverse the initial change and put me back as an admin, but somehow stuffed everything up and have ended up as a totally new user and most of my desktop icons have gone. Using explorer I can see that the programs are there, and some will open, while others won't. I don't want to try anything else in case I make things worse. How can I get back to being an administrator where everything is accessable? I thought I knew the origional Admin user name and password but obviously not. I could reinstall Win2000 but then I might/would loose everything and that would be major. Man I really need help with this one :-) |
Curly (487) | ||
| 258948 | 2004-08-07 00:14:00 | I have been down this road before but it is a long time ago. Try going to the control panel/users and passwords | lpaint (5949) | ||
| 258949 | 2004-08-07 01:32:00 | See if this helps (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 258950 | 2004-08-07 08:34:00 | Thanks MurryP and Ipaint, sadly no further ahead though. I read the post by Godfather to someone else who had a similar problem and noted that "playing" around with Passwords etc could result in loosing everything - so treading gently now. I think SusanB said something similar too. Does anyone know if it is possible to reload Win2000Pro over the top, thus retaining all present data. If it is possible, would that allow passwords/logons to be reset and thereby allow me to create an admin logon? Another thought, I have Norton Ghost 2004, if I were to create an image of my HDD, would that image include that data that I presently cannot access? I know the data is there, it is just I need an admin logon to open it! Here's hopeing :-) |
Curly (487) | ||
| 258951 | 2004-08-07 09:49:00 | > Does anyone know if it is possible to reload Win2000Pro over the top, thus retaining all present data. If it is possible, would that allow passwords/logons to be reset and thereby allow me to create an admin logon? I have no idea if that would work or not but if you can backup your data it might be worth a try. Does Win 2000 have system restore like Win XP? If so you could try setting a restore point first. > Another thought, I have Norton Ghost 2004, if I were to create an image of my HDD, would that image include that data that I presently cannot access? I know the data is there, it is just I need an admin logon to open it! In Win XP I can go to a Limited Account command window and copy data from the Adminstrator account to elsewhere on the HDD so you may be able to access your data that way in order to back it up if necessary. You might be able to copy it from the "hidden" or inaccessible area to where you can access it. Can't offer any more advice than that, sorry. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 258952 | 2004-08-07 12:12:00 | What happens if you start in safe mode? In XP Home you have to do this to access the true administrator account. | JohnD (509) | ||
| 258953 | 2004-08-07 12:32:00 | Go here: www.petri.co.il |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 258954 | 2004-08-07 16:39:00 | Without wishing to impugn the motives of the originator of the site in the above link, or the topic in general, it tickles my sense of humour to recall that a Petri dish is often used for the culture of a virus, hence the phrase "eXtreme Petri" R2 |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 258955 | 2004-08-07 16:54:00 | Possibly just a little too paranoid. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 258956 | 2004-08-07 16:58:00 | You'ld be paranoid too, if everybody was getting at you ;) R2 |
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