Why is the Admin account blocked. Having screwed up video drivers, I tried to
roll back (grayed out), and then boot to safe mode only to find that the
admin account was disabled
Peter - 30 Aug 2006 15:46 GMT
Right click the Windows (Start) icon and go to Properties. Start
Menu/Customize. Make sure that "System Administrative Tools"
is checked to display.
Go to it and click Computer Management. Then double-click Local Users &
groups.
Right-click Administrator in "Users" - Properties, and uncheck the disabled
line. Do NOT apply a password whilst in that module!
If you want Administrator to show on your regular Welcome screen then do the
following:
Show Admin on Vista Welcome Screen
Show Administrator on Welcome Screen in Windows Vista
start -> run = ” control userpasswords2 ” select administrator account,
click reset password (input new pass) / Ok
start -> run = ” regedit ” create the key below
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList
create “DWORD (32bit) Value”
Value Name: Administrator
Value Data: 1

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Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 X 2 + Vista Beta 5536
> Why is the Admin account blocked. Having screwed up video drivers, I tried
> to
> roll back (grayed out), and then boot to safe mode only to find that the
> admin account was disabled
Jay - 30 Aug 2006 18:24 GMT
http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsvistasecurity/archive/2006/08/27/windowsvistasecuri
ty_.aspx
Here is your reason why the Admin account is disabled.
Why is the Admin account blocked. Having screwed up video drivers, I tried to
roll back (grayed out), and then boot to safe mode only to find that the
admin account was disabled