Lost My Ability to be Administrator?

HELP! Downloaded XP2, now I am no longer the admin of my own PC? Not even
listed as a user, onlyhave owner and this asks for a password....I wanted to
look for a driver on Update, won't let me...how do I re-create my admin?
--
Rick

Rick wrote:

> HELP! Downloaded XP2, now I am no longer the admin of my own PC? Not even
> listed as a user, onlyhave owner and this asks for a password....I wanted to
> look for a driver on Update, won't let me...how do I re-create my admin?
Hi

Please take a look at this article:

How to Log On to Windows XP If You Forget Your Password or Your
Password Expires
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;321305


If that doesn't work out, you might try to reset the local Administrator
password with one of the methods mentioned here:

http://securityadmin.info/noframes/faqget.asp#password


--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx

Administrator is not even an option- all I have is owner with a passwrod that
was not set by me- I also cannot get the PC to start in Safe Mode- I am
trying not to restore to before I installed SP2 because I really like alot of
the features but have there been issues similar to these with SP2?
"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:

> Rick wrote:
>
> > HELP! Downloaded XP2, now I am no longer the admin of my own PC? Not even
> > listed as a user, onlyhave owner and this asks for a password....I wanted to
> > look for a driver on Update, won't let me...how do I re-create my admin?
> Hi
>
> Please take a look at this article:
>
> How to Log On to Windows XP If You Forget Your Password or Your
> Password Expires
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;321305
>
>
> If that doesn't work out, you might try to reset the local Administrator
> password with one of the methods mentioned here:
>
> http://securityadmin.info/noframes/faqget.asp#password
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...r/default.mspx
>