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ran1wil
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      04-02-2009

Hi
I need to access my administrator account but cannot find it anywhere
I tried booting into safe mode and only got my user name that has admi
privileges. I looked in Administrative Tools Control Panel and n
accounts are displayed there. I have some files that i cannot access o
move because of this. and i cannot take ownership o

hel

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      04-02-2009

O.K.

I am replying to my own post because i figured it out and this migh
help other user

To turn on this 'super' administrator account, type cmd in the searc
box WAIT don't hit enter! cmd will appear at top. Rt click on it to 'ru
as administrator'.
To enable this account, type this command & hi
Enter
Net user administrator /active:yes To disable thi
account, type this command & hit Enter
Net user administrator /active:no If you decide nee
a password for the administrator's account that you are going t
activate or if you are unable to activate it with a blank password
Net user administrator P@$$w0rd
Net user administrator activate:yes
Hit enter. You will get a message: The command complete
successfully

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