Administrator account lacks a password

Hello,

While I was experimenting and exploring Vista, I was trying to enable the
Administrator account. I was in the System Management tool, and I disabled my
current account with Administrator priveleges, and then enabled the real
Administrator account.

Following that, I tried to log in to the enabled Administrator account. I
didn't set any password for it when installing Vista, but it doesn't accept a
blank password, either in normal windows or when I boot in Safe Mode. No
matter what I type in the password field it rejects it, whether it is booted
into standard Vista, or Safe Mode.

Is there any resolution to this, or has Vista actually locked me out of the
entire operating system? I hope I am not completely locked out, because first
of all I have some files I'd like to keep, and second of all, I would think
Vista in general wouldn't allow you to screw up your PC inadvertently just
because of a tiny glitch in the way the true Administrator account is handled.

Hi,
I have a similar problem. I've just installed Vista RC1 over the weekend,
and like the look of it! but I don't know how to set the password for
Administrator. I did make myself Administrator luckily, without a password,
so am not experiencing lock-outs, which is pretty terrible if you ask me.

Flo.

"BrandonW" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> While I was experimenting and exploring Vista, I was trying to enable the
> Administrator account. I was in the System Management tool, and I disabled my
> current account with Administrator priveleges, and then enabled the real
> Administrator account.
>
> Following that, I tried to log in to the enabled Administrator account. I
> didn't set any password for it when installing Vista, but it doesn't accept a
> blank password, either in normal windows or when I boot in Safe Mode. No
> matter what I type in the password field it rejects it, whether it is booted
> into standard Vista, or Safe Mode.
>
> Is there any resolution to this, or has Vista actually locked me out of the
> entire operating system? I hope I am not completely locked out, because first
> of all I have some files I'd like to keep, and second of all, I would think
> Vista in general wouldn't allow you to screw up your PC inadvertently just
> because of a tiny glitch in the way the true Administrator account is handled.

Hi Brandon,
see Jerry P's post "User Accounts" on page two of this forum.

"BrandonW" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> While I was experimenting and exploring Vista, I was trying to enable the
> Administrator account. I was in the System Management tool, and I disabled my
> current account with Administrator priveleges, and then enabled the real
> Administrator account.
>
> Following that, I tried to log in to the enabled Administrator account. I
> didn't set any password for it when installing Vista, but it doesn't accept a
> blank password, either in normal windows or when I boot in Safe Mode. No
> matter what I type in the password field it rejects it, whether it is booted
> into standard Vista, or Safe Mode.
>
> Is there any resolution to this, or has Vista actually locked me out of the
> entire operating system? I hope I am not completely locked out, because first
> of all I have some files I'd like to keep, and second of all, I would think
> Vista in general wouldn't allow you to screw up your PC inadvertently just
> because of a tiny glitch in the way the true Administrator account is handled.

Hello,

In Windows Vista, if you are NOT connected to a domain, the built-in
Administrator account is completely disabled unless it is the only
Administrator account that is available to be logged in to; in that case,
the system SHOULD allow you to log in to it from safe mode only.

If you ARE connected to a domain, the built-in administrator account is
ALWAYS disabled - you will need to log in to your computer with a
domain-level administrator account.

If you are not connected to a domain, and there are no other administrative
user accounts on your computer that are available to log in to, and Windows
will not let you log in as the built-in administrator in safe mode, then
this is improper behavior and should be bugged.


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- JB

Windows Vista Support Faq
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