Am I locked out of Vista?

I'm an WinXP administrator who has no experience with Vista.

I just got a brand new PC with Vista Business Edition with SP1. The OS is
preinstalled by Lenovo. I went thru the initial setup completion process
where I was asked for a username. I filled it out with "JohnDumAss". I
believe this account is automatically setup to have Administrators
permissions. Am I right?

With WinXP Pro machines, I've always been able to delete the only user
created account (JohnDumAss) and use the default account (Administrator)
instead. Thinking that I can do the same with Vista, I deleted the account
JohnDumAss.

Now I can't get back in. Am I locked out? Any tricks to get back into Vista
using Administrator account? Thanks in advance.

John wrote:
> I'm an WinXP administrator who has no experience with Vista.
>
> I just got a brand new PC with Vista Business Edition with SP1. The OS is
> preinstalled by Lenovo. I went thru the initial setup completion process
> where I was asked for a username. I filled it out with "JohnDumAss". I
> believe this account is automatically setup to have Administrators
> permissions. Am I right?
>
> With WinXP Pro machines, I've always been able to delete the only user
> created account (JohnDumAss) and use the default account (Administrator)
> instead. Thinking that I can do the same with Vista, I deleted the account
> JohnDumAss.
>
> Now I can't get back in. Am I locked out? Any tricks to get back into Vista
> using Administrator account? Thanks in advance.
>
>

If all else fails do a google for Offline NT Password

gls858

"gls858" <> wrote in message
news:...
> John wrote:
>> I'm an WinXP administrator who has no experience with Vista.
>>
>> I just got a brand new PC with Vista Business Edition with SP1. The OS is
>> preinstalled by Lenovo. I went thru the initial setup completion process
>> where I was asked for a username. I filled it out with "JohnDumAss". I
>> believe this account is automatically setup to have Administrators
>> permissions. Am I right?
>>
>> With WinXP Pro machines, I've always been able to delete the only user
>> created account (JohnDumAss) and use the default account (Administrator)
>> instead. Thinking that I can do the same with Vista, I deleted the
>> account JohnDumAss.
>>
>> Now I can't get back in. Am I locked out? Any tricks to get back into
>> Vista using Administrator account? Thanks in advance.
>
> If all else fails do a google for Offline NT Password
>
> gls858

Isn't the Administrator password blank when you set up a new install?

Safe mode. The default administrator account in Vista is not active in
normal mode.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"John" <a> wrote in message news:...
> I'm an WinXP administrator who has no experience with Vista.
>
> I just got a brand new PC with Vista Business Edition with SP1. The OS is
> preinstalled by Lenovo. I went thru the initial setup completion process
> where I was asked for a username. I filled it out with "JohnDumAss". I
> believe this account is automatically setup to have Administrators
> permissions. Am I right?
>
> With WinXP Pro machines, I've always been able to delete the only user
> created account (JohnDumAss) and use the default account (Administrator)
> instead. Thinking that I can do the same with Vista, I deleted the account
> JohnDumAss.
>
> Now I can't get back in. Am I locked out? Any tricks to get back into
> Vista using Administrator account? Thanks in advance.
>

Lord Fauntleroy wrote:
> "gls858" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> John wrote:
>>> I'm an WinXP administrator who has no experience with Vista.
>>>
>>> I just got a brand new PC with Vista Business Edition with SP1. The OS is
>>> preinstalled by Lenovo. I went thru the initial setup completion process
>>> where I was asked for a username. I filled it out with "JohnDumAss". I
>>> believe this account is automatically setup to have Administrators
>>> permissions. Am I right?
>>>
>>> With WinXP Pro machines, I've always been able to delete the only user
>>> created account (JohnDumAss) and use the default account (Administrator)
>>> instead. Thinking that I can do the same with Vista, I deleted the
>>> account JohnDumAss.
>>>
>>> Now I can't get back in. Am I locked out? Any tricks to get back into
>>> Vista using Administrator account? Thanks in advance.
>> If all else fails do a google for Offline NT Password
>>
>> gls858
>
> Isn't the Administrator password blank when you set up a new install?
>
>
>

Not real sure I haven't worked with Vista other than my PC at home. I
would think so and it's certainly worth a try for the OP.

gls858

Hi. .

Boot into the recovery partition - usually via the F10 key afte
initial boot. Check your owner's manual for the exact key sequence i
not F10, F11, ctrl-F11 or ctrl. Once in the recovery partition, you wil
be given several options - one of which s/b Windows System Restore
Select it and choose a restore point prior to the deletion of the use
account

The only lasting item will be the user name you selected. Even if yo
change the name itself via the user account screen, the original nam
you chose will remain on all folders within the user profile c:\users

If you can afford the loss of all data currently residing on the c
drive, I would simply re-install Vista and start over. You can do thi
by selecting system recovery when you enter the system recover
partition. I do not advise deleting the only 1-token admin account o
the system. It will result in a lock-out. Good Luck to you

Regards. .

jcgriff



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jcgriff2

Great. I got in thru safe mode. I enable Administrator account while in safe
mode.
Thanks.

"Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Safe mode. The default administrator account in Vista is not active in
> normal mode.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "John" <a> wrote in message news:...
>> I'm an WinXP administrator who has no experience with Vista.
>>
>> I just got a brand new PC with Vista Business Edition with SP1. The OS is
>> preinstalled by Lenovo. I went thru the initial setup completion process
>> where I was asked for a username. I filled it out with "JohnDumAss". I
>> believe this account is automatically setup to have Administrators
>> permissions. Am I right?
>>
>> With WinXP Pro machines, I've always been able to delete the only user
>> created account (JohnDumAss) and use the default account (Administrator)
>> instead. Thinking that I can do the same with Vista, I deleted the
>> account JohnDumAss.
>>
>> Now I can't get back in. Am I locked out? Any tricks to get back into
>> Vista using Administrator account? Thanks in advance.
>>
>

Yes it is blank but it's also disabled by default. I can't use Administrator
to get in. It say something like: "Your account is disabled. Please contact
your Administrator".

A reboot to safe mode got me in without asking for username/password. I
enable Admin account and set a password. It's ok now. Thanks.

"Lord Fauntleroy" <> wrote in message
news:VqpQk.4833$...
>
> Isn't the Administrator password blank when you set up a new install?
>

jcgriff2 <> wrote:

>Boot into the recovery partition - usually via the F10 key after
>initial boot. Check your owner's manual for the exact key sequence if
>not F10, F11, ctrl-F11 or ctrl. Once in the recovery partition, you will
>be given several options - one of which s/b Windows System Restore.
>Select it and choose a restore point prior to the deletion of the user
>account.
>
>The only lasting item will be the user name you selected. Even if you
>change the name itself via the user account screen, the original name
>you chose will remain on all folders within the user profile c:\users.
>
>If you can afford the loss of all data currently residing on the c:
>drive, I would simply re-install Vista and start over. You can do this
>by selecting system recovery when you enter the system recovery
>partition. I do not advise deleting the only 1-token admin account on
>the system. It will result in a lock-out. Good Luck to you.

Unbelievable!!

The OP simply logged into the Admin account in Safe Mode and took care
of everything.

You need to seriously reconsider your decision to offer help to people
here. You are dangerous.

"John" <a> wrote in message news:...
> Great. I got in thru safe mode. I enable Administrator account while in
> safe mode.
> Thanks.

But you should now create an Admin account for EMERGENCIES and a Standard
User account for day to day use. You should NOT, like you did in XP, use THE
administrator account on a daily basis.