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Please can someone help me. For some reason my pc is only running using a
guest account. I can't get administrator options at all, I am just about
pulling my hair out as I can't download or even use system restore as "you
don't have administrator privileges".
How on earth do I get the use of administrator back on?

Fiona

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Original Administrator Account Does Not Appear During Friendly Logon Method
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] duct=winxp

Enable Administrator account on Welcome Screen
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts [...] min_ok.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Doug Knox]

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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"Fiona" wrote:

| Please can someone help me. For some reason my pc is only running using a
| guest account. I can't get administrator options at all, I am just about
| pulling my hair out as I can't download or even use system restore as "you
| don't have administrator privileges".
| How on earth do I get the use of administrator back on?
|
| Fiona

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Why are there so few replies back from the OP when the post Subject is
Urgent?

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:OHnhE%23bpFHA.1088@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
Carey Frisch [MVP] <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> hunted and pecked:
> Original Administrator Account Does Not Appear During Friendly Logon
> Method
>
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] duct=winxp
>
> Enable Administrator account on Welcome Screen
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts [...] min_ok.htm
>
> [Courtesy of MS-MVP Doug Knox]
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP - Shell/User
> Microsoft Newsgroups
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------
>
> "Fiona" wrote:
>
>> Please can someone help me. For some reason my pc is only running using a
>> guest account. I can't get administrator options at all, I am just about
>> pulling my hair out as I can't download or even use system restore as
>> "you don't have administrator privileges".
>> How on earth do I get the use of administrator back on?
>>
>> Fiona

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Because they all think this is "instant" help and expect a reply in 2
minutes not 2 hours..............after 2 minutes they start phoning
friends....relatives.....co workers..........anyone.................
peterk

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"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:u30v7dfpFHA.1088@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Why are there so few replies back from the OP when the post Subject is
> Urgent?
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:OHnhE%23bpFHA.1088@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
> Carey Frisch [MVP] <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> hunted and pecked:
>> Original Administrator Account Does Not Appear During Friendly Logon
>> Method
>>
> http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] duct=winxp
>>
>> Enable Administrator account on Welcome Screen
>> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts [...] min_ok.htm
>>
>> [Courtesy of MS-MVP Doug Knox]
>>
>> --
>> Carey Frisch
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows XP - Shell/User
>> Microsoft Newsgroups
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----------------
>>
>> "Fiona" wrote:
>>
>>> Please can someone help me. For some reason my pc is only running using
>>> a
>>> guest account. I can't get administrator options at all, I am just about
>>> pulling my hair out as I can't download or even use system restore as
>>> "you don't have administrator privileges".
>>> How on earth do I get the use of administrator back on?
>>>
>>> Fiona
>

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:-)

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:emOGNsEqFHA.208@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl,
peterk <peterk@nomalarky.net> hunted and pecked:
> Because they all think this is "instant" help and expect a reply in 2
> minutes not 2 hours..............after 2 minutes they start phoning
> friends....relatives.....co workers..........anyone.................
> peterk
>
> --
> Never trust a computer you can't throw out the window. - Steve Wozniak
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:u30v7dfpFHA.1088@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Why are there so few replies back from the OP when the post Subject is
>> Urgent?
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:OHnhE%23bpFHA.1088@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
>> Carey Frisch [MVP] <cnfrisch@nospamgmail.com> hunted and pecked:
>>> Original Administrator Account Does Not Appear During Friendly Logon
>>> Method
>>>
>>
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] duct=winxp
>>>
>>> Enable Administrator account on Welcome Screen
>>> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts [...] min_ok.htm
>>>
>>> [Courtesy of MS-MVP Doug Knox]
>>>
>>> --
>>> Carey Frisch
>>> Microsoft MVP
>>> Windows XP - Shell/User
>>> Microsoft Newsgroups
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
>>> -----------------
>>>
>>> "Fiona" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Please can someone help me. For some reason my pc is only running using
>>>> a
>>>> guest account. I can't get administrator options at all, I am just
>>>> about pulling my hair out as I can't download or even use system
>>>> restore as "you don't have administrator privileges".
>>>> How on earth do I get the use of administrator back on?
>>>>
>>>> Fiona

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