| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 139524 | 2015-05-17 04:31:00 | Please help windows 7 problems | eberry09 (16219) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1400860 | 2015-05-17 06:12:00 | Remove the space between / and active:yes ;) | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1400861 | 2015-05-17 06:20:00 | it didnt work either. i looked at another site that www.instructables.com probably not the greatest of sites but it wasn't the first time in my research tonight that ive seen the other ways to enable this account. Anyways ive tried all three different ways and it keeps saying access denied p.s. on the picture i posted in the last one it says on the very bottom access denied and i really really dont understand why i cant access it | eberry09 (16219) | ||
| 1400862 | 2015-05-17 06:22:00 | Actually it seems you need to have administrator rights to activate the administrator account. Bit of a catch 22. You might have to wait for a real tech to answer this one :) did you run the command prompt as an admin - click start, type CMD in the search box (not the run box). Right click CMD in the search results and choose run as administrator. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1400863 | 2015-05-17 06:29:00 | yep i choose run as administrator when i did it. im so confused. i checked out some information on a site called sevenforums and it was saying something about how you can change the name of the built-in administrator. My concern is if that can effect what im trying to do here when typing that into the command prompt how would i know if the original owner of this computer had changed it. she wasnt exactly computer savy either and i highly doubt she would know she had done it if she did. | eberry09 (16219) | ||
| 1400864 | 2015-05-17 07:32:00 | Love these :devil Can tell you right from the start, Right clicking /running the admin account from within windows wont work, it will more than likely be locked as well. :devil You have to boot from a Windows CD/DVD to by passit. Then you'll See how good they have locked the System :D Boot from a Windows 7 DVD, From Repair Computer, open the Command Prompt. At the command prompt navigate to the Main Partition that contains the Operating system. (normally D for a standard Install). Type the following to proceed. Commands in Bold From the Command prompt, type in CD D: <Press Enter> ( thats not a typo, D is the drive you want, See note below) You should now be at the Main Drive, to check type dir <Press Enter> You should see the Windows, User, Program and other folders. Change drive letters if not on the right drive. Type cd Windows\System32 <Press Enter> copy utilman.exe utilman.exe.bak <Press Enter> This makes a copy of the file. Note space after 1st exe copy cmd.exe utilman.exe <Press Enter> Press Y to overwrite. "IF" you are still refused, or it wont allow access STOP, as the system has been locked to well to proceed. If you can do the above, carry on. Reboot the computer as normal, at the log in screen press the Windows Key + U, you should get the command Prompt box open. If it doesn’t appear, press Alt+Tab as the command Prompt may appear behind the Logon Screen. NOW Type net users Administrator /Active:Yes <Press Enter> You should get a confirmation it succeed, reboot the computer. Next to your original log in will be the REAL Admin account log in as administrator. Now you'll have full control over everything, unless thats been locked as well, OR if they have passworded the Admin account as well. Any real good security they should have. "If" its still locked out and you dont know the passwords, then you'll either have to wipe the drive and start from fresh, OR take it to someone who has the right software to bypass all the restrictions. Its easy with the right software, haven't had a password yet that I cant remove, even on servers :nerd: Note 1: the Drive letter D, when windows 7 installs it makes a hidden partition, by default this is actually Partition C and the main drive is D, but because the partition is hidden windows doesn't see it so the main partition shows as C, when booting from a Windows DVD as described the C and D drives then show as they are actually named. Confused :D Note 2. Right clicking/ Run as administrator still doesn't allow full control, its a more advanced control but have found from experiance its still not complete control. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1400865 | 2015-05-17 22:04:00 | There may also be other restrictions, via group policy changes, from when it was on the network - check that Winupdates are working & installing. It may be set to download updates from the original server. Also, have a look at the antivirus. That may also be locked & unremovable without a password Is the bios also locked out ? |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1 2 | |||||