HELP Administrator account deleted, need help loggin in to my laptop!!! WIN XP PRO Service Pack 2?
My friend was using my laptop and she says she has no idea what she did but she somehow deleted my account (the only account) so now i can only login as a guest andI have no access to my music pictures. programs, homework nothing, and I have a Toshiba Portege' laptop, it has no floppy disk or cd drive no internet connection, so i have no idea how to fix this, I tried the ctrl+alt+del trick but it will not work the default admin, has a password and i have no idea what it is, I got this laptop used out of a classified ad, and have no way of contacting the person who sold it to me, Someone has to be able to help me please, I am pretty good with command prompt and regedit but since i can only logon as "GUEST" nothing will work, almost everything i try says access denied ERROR 5. please please help.
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I TRIED THE CTRL+ALT+DEL thing already, it will not work, plus i do not have any disk drive so that i can use any of those software things, and also i cannot reinstall, there has to be another wat. someone please help
2006-10-24 05:24:13 · 13 answers · asked by loca_mami13 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
I have tried safe mode, i have tried command prompts, and regedit but the guest account is not allowed to do anything i keep getting an access denied message, the laptop does NOT HAVE A DISK DRIVE so i am screwed there, the computer did have 2 admin accounts mine and the default "hidden" one, mine did not have a password enabled, and i do not know the password for the default one this is xp PRO so it doesnot work if you try to logon with no password, whoever installedth os had to make a password during setup. if anyone knows some way they can really help me, please email me at loca_mami13@yahoo.com
2006-10-24 05:44:10 · update #1
log in in safe mode try system restore
or ..........create a new account identicle to the one you lost
failing that a complete reinstall is required
2006-10-29 22:50:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
press F8 or whatever to go into the menu during boot process to choose to boot into safe mode. You always login as administrator when you are in safe mode. From there go to user accounts and change the settings there. Create a new account and give administrative rights to it so it functions as an administrator. Anyway i do not think admin account is deleted without knowing the admin password.
2006-10-24 05:32:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. Few other things to try. Login as guest with the password as 'admin' or 'system'. Sometimes works. Also try 'Safe' mode (press F8 repeatedly during boot). Then use the guest to create an account. Lastly, don't lend your un-backed up laptop the anyone. (Sorry, had to add that.)
2006-10-24 05:33:30 · answer #3 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try going into Safe mode (press F8 during the boot cycle) once the PC loads into Safe mode, a box will pop up with a Yes or No button, select NO, and The system restore utility should pop up, from there you can try restoring your system to before your user account was deleted. (This will only work if System Restore was enabled to begin with (which it is by default, so unless you disabled system restore, this should work)). Hope this helps! Good Luck
2006-10-24 05:59:25 · answer #4 · answered by PT 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That has happened to me before, the easiest thing you can do is create a new account and then tell the main Admin on the site and they are usually able to give you the password...I understand what you are going through, I absolutly flipped when it happened to me. Thats all you can do if going into safe mode and all the programs do not work.
2006-10-24 07:06:46 · answer #5 · answered by saraikyon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Admin account can not be deleted on xp if it is only one Admin account.
do this:
when it ask for login in xp write there
administrator (login user) and give the pass it is saved.
(if this dont work) do this
restart your pc press F8 for SafeMode
select last good confi. settings or go with safe mode option
DJ SAHIL
2006-10-24 05:32:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
HII,,
If you have done all yours R&D's then try to log on at www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm for further details and find most of the answers.
Besides, do not format or reinstall your Windows Xp OS otherwise you will lose all yours desktops settings.
Well this might help you a lot. Try and succeed in your life.
Abhishek Sharma
2006-10-31 19:08:19 · answer #7 · answered by Abhishek S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't delete the real administrator account. You might try it in safe mode and see if you can log on to it that way. If not here is how to reset that password without any software, you just need your Windows disk.
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=305
2006-10-24 05:28:10 · answer #8 · answered by Alex 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you got the laptop I hope it came with the software disks for what's on it. Reinstall windows fresh and set up your own stuff (including admin password). If you're worried about your data, take the computer to a tech shop where they can take out the hard drive, pull whatever you want off it, reinstall windows fresh, then put your stuff back on.
2016-03-28 06:08:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can not delete the admin account, it is there, when you log on as guest can you access control panel, user accounts, what does it show.. ? it should show an account with admin rights.
2006-10-24 05:30:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋