Lost administrator rights access

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin (More info?)

To increase security, I removed administrator rights from my user
name. Now, there is no administrator for my system in "user
Accounts.". I can't access my system. Any way out of this or do I have
to reformat and reload Windows XP.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin (More info?)

Zzyzx wrote:
> To increase security, I removed administrator rights from my user
> name. Now, there is no administrator for my system in "user
> Accounts.". I can't access my system. Any way out of this or do I have
> to reformat and reload Windows XP.


By design, the only way to log into the Administrator account of WinXP
Home is to reboot into Safe Mode. For WinXP Pro, pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL
twice at the Welcome Screen will produce the standard login dialog box.


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