I not long installed windows 7 and i wanted to use the default 'Administrator' account instead of the 'Admin' user i creating at install and now im locked out, this was my mistake;
Using cmd i typed net user administrator active:yes, it confirmed successful,
then, net user administrator PASSWORD, it confirmed successful,
then, net user admin active:no it confirmed successful,
then(thinking that the administrator account will now appear in safe mode) i logged out.
The problem is that the administrator account does not appear at all and i can not restall windows about i stalled it using a previous OS not a Disk.
Can anyone help please?
P.S have a 2nd HDD with Windows 2000 if i can doing anything from there but it can only run in safe mode.
when you boot to desktop , I assume it is toa limited user account
pres CtrL+Alt+Del & & select switch usser
that should give you the option of logging into default admin account
It looks like you have that active BUT hiden
i cant actually login to use cmd or switch user even in safe mode,
I currently have 2 accounts:
Administrator(default admin) - activated but still hidden
Admin(created admin) - deactivated but still shown.
In the 'repair the computer' option(where i can use cmd) from the F8 boot menu it asks for 2 accounts, 'admin' that doesnt work and 'homegroup$' but it asks for password and i havnt set one and ive tried the one windows gives you when you setup a homegroup.
If i can login there i maybe able to use the net user command.
i MAY of found a solution, my mates got a HDD with xp which i should be able to use to access and install win7 using a partition that windows created which has the boot files for the install
If you are getting as far as the login screen, try this:
Press CTRL+ALT+DEL twice and you'll get another login screen.
Here you can type in the username and password.
You have to manually type in administrator and the appropriate password to login.
If you are getting as far as the login screen, try this:
Press CTRL+ALT+DEL twice and you'll get another login screen.
Here you can type in the username and password.
You have to manually type in administrator and the appropriate password to login.
i have found a way of getting in to the system so i can run a few programs including cmd and regedit so i should have it sorted.
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