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nate2005

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9. October 2007 @ 22:21

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hi everyone, i am running vista ultimate on my pc, my problem is i was changin some number for a program i think it was some type of like ID number i think, and than it had restart my pc and now my account is not administrator anymore it is a guest. It wont let me restore to an earlier time, it wont even let me go in and change it to an administrator... i have no idea what to do, i have so many files and different things on that account and now i cant even access them at all.... Its almost like i have a clean slate on the pc or sumthen cuz i started my browser and it was actin like i was installin the browser for the 1st time. Anyone with info i would really really appricate it. Im goin insane over here cuz i lost like 30gb of things cuz it locked me out. Please help As soon as u guyz can thanx in advance

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DoubleDwn

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10. October 2007 @ 10:05

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What account are you logged in as? If you are auto signing in, are you sure that you are signing in as admin, or is it auto signing in as guest?

~Rich

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nate2005

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10. October 2007 @ 10:24

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what it did is it made my account which is called bignate which was my admin account it made it a guest account. Now it wont even let me sign onto the pc with that account either though. I have no idea what to do i tried booting in safemode but it wont let me in it just acts like it is gona log in and than it says logging off

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DoubleDwn

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10. October 2007 @ 10:45

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OK, try this.
Logon to Vista using your normal username and password.
Click on the Start button
Click on Start Search.
Type, cmd.
Right-click cmd, select 'Run as administrator' from the shortcut menu.
In the black 'DOS box', type the following at the command line:
Net help User
The idea of the last command is just to observe the options for Net User. In particular examine the syntax to set the password.
The next instruction is the crucial command. I have chosen password = password, you may want to choose different characters.
Net user administrator password
Net user administrator activate:yes
Check the message : The command completed successfully
Switch User, or logoff
Logon as Administrator Password password (Your password may be different

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nate2005

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10. October 2007 @ 10:48

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thanx to everyone for their help, i had tried that before it didnt work.. I fixed the problem though. i booted from my vista disk and than chose to restore everything and it worked so i didnt loose anything thank god!
thanx again though everyone

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DoubleDwn

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10. October 2007 @ 11:01

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Cool....glad you got it working.

~Rich

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