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    Administrator account help

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by panacea, May 15, 2006.

  1. panacea

    panacea Newbie

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    [I'm sure i'm overlooking something.

    when i try to login in the administrator account it say that i am restricted. (a different message when i enter a wrong pw says - wrong password.)

    i cannot create an admin account in the user accounts b/c the account already exists.
    anybody have any ideas?

    i do have an account named "Alan" that has administrator priveledges, but it seems as though i should be able to access and 'administrator' account.
     
    panacea, May 15, 2006
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  2. Quaoar

    Quaoar Notebook Enthusiast

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    Boot into the Alan Admin account as as that user you should be able to change all acounts as you want them.
     
    Quaoar, May 15, 2006
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    XantaxNZ Notebook Guru

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    Just FYI: For this, goto Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Computer Management: Local users and groups. Make sure that the Administrator account is in the Administrators group.
     
    XantaxNZ, May 15, 2006
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  4. panacea

    panacea Newbie

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    my laptop isn't with me right now, so i'll be playing with this tonite.
    I was definitely in the Alan (Administrative Acnt) as this is the only account.
    it wouldn't let me create an account named 'Administrator' b/c it said one already existed.
    Where it displayed the accounts in local users and groups
    it had Alan and Guest. This is pretty strange situation, which is why i posted...
    thanks for the ideas, let me know if you have any more.
     
    panacea, May 16, 2006
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