the adminitrator windows XP account of my computer is disabled; how do i enable it from a odinary user account

Question

i have tried working in safe mode (i logged in as administrator) could not change anything; cant create a new account or edit current accounts...... the account i am currently using prevents anyone from changing/editing account attributes or even creating a new account.

Answer 1

You can try booting up in Safe mode by repeatedly tapping the F8 key when you turn on the computer



then when you get into windows go to: start-run- then type: control userpasswords2



select the user password that you need to edit then hit "reset password"



it'll ask you for the new password twice enter your new password reboot and that should work



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If it doesn't work try this:





click start then run then cmd



this will bring up command prompt



type cd/



this should get rid of the documents and settings part of the line and only show C:/>



you can then type cls to only show C:/>



now type "net user administrator xxxxx"



(without quotes)(the x's are where you can put a password)



type a password where the x's are and this should change the admin password

Answer 2

use a password cracker and crack the administrator password. Of course you only do that if you own the computer and arent some kid trying to get past your parents :P

Answer 3

clean up hard drive with spam/spy ware cleaner, get the trojan worms out asap, it will be nerve wracking but after several repeated attempts it will work, junk out the cookies too