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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / Administration / March 2007User Account - Vista Upgrade
Im sure this question has already been answered but I cant see it. Ive recently upgraded my Vista Basic Home to Vista Premium using the anytime upgrade disc. When it had finished and the machine rebooted, the log on icon on the welcome screen for the administrator had disapeared. Now I cant control my own computer. Can anyone tell me how I go about getting it back and please bear in mind that I am a complete simpleton when it comes to computers so explanation in very simple step by step terms would be very much apprciated. Thanks very much. Do you have any other accounts? There should be at least one administrator account. An account can be an administrator without "administrator" being the actual name of the account.  SignatureKerry Brown Microsoft MVP - Shell/User http://www.vistahelp.ca > Im sure this question has already been answered but I cant see it. > Ive recently upgraded my Vista Basic Home to Vista Premium using the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > very simple step by step terms would be very much apprciated. > Thanks very much. Hi Kerry Yes I have two other accounts but they are showing as standard user. When I go on control panel>user accounts>manage another account it shows the administrator account but I obviously cant log on from there. I think this means that the Administrator account is there but not visible on the welcome screen so I cant get on it. > Do you have any other accounts? There should be at least one administrator > account. An account can be an administrator without "administrator" being [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > very simple step by step terms would be very much apprciated. > > Thanks very much. If there are no other administrator accounts you should be able to boot to safe mode then the "administrator" account should be active. This will let you change one of the other accounts to an administrator. SignatureKerry Brown Microsoft MVP - Shell/User http://www.vistahelp.ca > Hi Kerry > Yes I have two other accounts but they are showing as standard user. [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> > very simple step by step terms would be very much apprciated. >> > Thanks very much. Ive booted in safe mode but it still only shows the standard user icons on the welcome screen. Is it possible to log on to the administrator account in another way other than on this welcome screen? > If there are no other administrator accounts you should be able to boot to > safe mode then the "administrator" account should be active. This will let [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > >> > very simple step by step terms would be very much apprciated. > >> > Thanks very much. Do you have an xbox 360? There is a problem with the xbox 360 connector in that it makes another administrator account that you can't access. This fools Vista into thinking that there is an active administrator account. If this is the case you'll have to phone Microsoft support for help. If you don't have an xbox 360 then one of your existing accounts must be an administrator. Have you tried all the accounts? Open Windows Explorer and look under C:\Users. You will see a folder for each user. Write them down then try logging on as each one. SignatureKerry Brown Microsoft MVP - Shell/User http://www.vistahelp.ca > Ive booted in safe mode but it still only shows the standard user icons on > the welcome screen. Is it possible to log on to the administrator account [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] >> >> > very simple step by step terms would be very much apprciated. >> >> > Thanks very much. Kerry, No I dont have an xbox. There is a file called 'administrator' under C:/users but no Admistrator log on is shown on the welcome screen when you boot the pc up. It wont let me open the administrator folder under windows explorer but I guess thats to be expected. I cant even reinstall windows anytime because it says I have no admistrator rights - this is getting very frustrating > Do you have an xbox 360? There is a problem with the xbox 360 connector in > that it makes another administrator account that you can't access. This [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] > >> >> > very simple step by step terms would be very much apprciated. > >> >> > Thanks very much. |
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