how can i change administrator from myself to no one as administrator it wont even let me run antivirus scan?

Question

i had to use a password to keep other people from using my computer,so my husband tried to fix the problem but put me back as administrator so now it wont let me use anything such as move to earlier time ,anti virus nothing it just say i dont have permission but i am adminsistrator.i just want to be able to just have the computer to be as noone as administrator, please help.

Answer 1

If there is Multiple users on this computer, Somebody has to be an administrator. Click start, Then click the picture on top of start menu where your user name is. The user accounts screen should come up. Then when that comes up, Click "Home" at the top. Then click change an account. You will be given the option to either change a user to an administrator, Or limit users accounts, Which will deny them access to downloading, Changing computer settings, Or installing programs. I would check and see if he didnt accidently limit your account, As that what it sounds like.

Answer 2

MIke's answer is the most obvious, however...if yo're locked out of that option then it sounds like something I"ve seen before. This tip is in the Administrators section. Use this information at your own risk. Any attempt to circumvent an OSs normal security can be disastrous. If you are really, really stuck - this tip may be for you. Well, what is it in Windows 9x when forced logon is enabled? It's that anyone can use a boot disk and access the file system in DOS. In XP it's similar! The flaw is that someone can gain access to your Windows XP data by using the Windows 2000 Recovery console. This allows access to the file system whether the disk is FAT or NTFS. All you need to gain access to a password protected Windows XP operating system, is the Windows 2000 boot disk set, which anyone can download free from the net, or if the person has a Windows 2000 CD, the disks can be easily made directly from the CD, without even having to do an install. The Windows XP system is booted with the Windows 2000 floppy disks and then the Windows 2000 Recovery Console is used to access the XP operating system. The most amazing and disturbing fact about this method is:

NO PASSWORD IS NEEDED!

Normally, only the Administrator can access the Recovery Console, but to do so, he must enter the right password (unless he enabled auto logon to the Recovery Console). With this method any password used is rendered totally USELESS—it doesn't matter how difficult or cryptic the Administrator made the password, because it simply is not required. The person gets instant access to the system and can carry out whatever his mission was—to pry/steal data or to corrupt/delete it. This major flaw then makes all the below possible

Access to Personal Folders
By default, with the Windows XP Recovery Console, the security level is set so that the Administrator's access to the hard drive is limited—to only the root folder, Windows folder and Cmdcons folder. You cannot, by default, access other folders such as Documents and Settings which contains User folders, your Desktop, etc. or any personal folders. Try it and you will see—an access denied message will result (unless the Administrator changed the setting). But with the Windows 2000 Recovery Console method, this XP security setting becomes useless. The entire hard drive becomes an open book—any folder can be accessed.

Copy to Floppy
Also by default , the Administrator isn't allowed to copy any files from the hard drive to a floppy disk—an access denied message will result here too, if you try. But not a problem for anyone who breaks into your system using Win2K! Copying to a floppy or any other partition on the hard drive is effortless. In the event, an access denied message does result, all the hacker has to do is use the Set command to enable copying to removable media by setting it to TRUE.

Incidentally, I should take a moment here to make it clear to you that though Microsoft states that both the above activities (folder access and floppy copy) are not allowed when using the Windows XP Recovery, it does not mean it is not possible to do this.

I find the following statement by Microsoft misleading by the nature of it's omission:

"When you use the Windows Recovery Console, you can use only the following folders:

"The root folder

"The %SystemRoot% folder and the subfolders of the Windows installation that you are currently logged on to

"The Cmdcons folder...
"If you try to obtain access to other folders, you receive an "Access Denied" error message.
"Also, while you are using the Windows Recovery Console, you cannot copy a file from the
"local hard disk to a floppy disk."

The truth is that in both Windows XP Pro and Home, both floppy copy and full directory access can be easily allowed using the the registry or Policy Editor—gpedit (registry only in XP Home)

Of course, if security is an issue, you wouldn't allow the above.


Access to NTFS Protected Data
Truly amazing and disturbing, is the fact that not even setting NTFS file permissions makes a difference in a hack like this. You can set full restrictions on your personal folders, and also set them to hidden and read only, but none of that will deny access of your data to the hacker. Your files can be read, copied, renamed, and even DELETED. Just like it doesn't matter how difficult the password was made, it doesn't matter what NTFS restrictions you placed.

Both become useless as a preventive measure against this type of intrusion.

Answer 3

If you are having restrictions in your system, that means you are no the administrator. Any no one can limit the capabilities of administrator even mistakenly. It is also a must to have an Administrator account even if it is the only user account.

As said, XP can be breached with the boot CD. But that will only allow you to see what is in the system. You can not make changes to the system this way such as deleting any files or currupting them.

Answer 4

sign on, go to start, bring up control panel under settings, click on user accounts, rename your administrator account and delete password for your account. that should work. if it doesn't, you may not be an administrator.
if you want to run a program, you can find them under programs, double left click on folder/program and program should start.