need administrator...but no administrator

K

kada

I read your explanation on this post and was really impressed. I hope you can

help me with a glitch I can't seem to figure out.

Windows XP Home Edition SP3

IE 7



I have an Admin. acct and standard user account for the internet.

When installing something from a CD-Rom(e.g. PC game), I can only do it via

the Admin account. The definition given for a standard user was that they

could install as long as it did not interfere with the system/system files,

which is why I did not choose the Limited acct.



When I tried installing via standard user, it blocked and said I needed

Admin. priviledges. Is it possibly the game itself? Some don't require this.



Also, if I have to install via Admin. accct., how can I adjust so I can play

as Standard user ?



Note: I believe the game CD-Roms I have require an internet connection to

play via their Game Manager(e.g. Bigfish games and iWin) But some games

don't require this.



I don't want to play games under my Admin. Acct., it is not secure is it?



Thanking You in Advance(for being there and helping)



"Shenan Stanley" wrote:



> century.dave wrote:

> > I created a new user but forgot to add member to admin. I changed

> > computer to a new WORKGROUP and restarted computer. Now I can

> > only log on as new user without admin priveleges and cannot restore

> > because I don't have admin priveleges. Because there is only one

> > user in this WORKGROUP, there is no admin. and I can't log on to a

> > different WORKGROUP.

> > WHAT TO DO?


>

> Shenan Stanley wrote:

> > Did you change the computer from a DOMAIN to a WORKGROUP?

> >

> > There is no 'workgroup-wide administrator' in any case.

> >

> > If you were a member of a domain and now are not and you do not

> > know the local 'administrator' (that is the username by default)

> > password - you may need to go to those who setup the computer to

> > find out or use one of a number of free programs to reset the

> > password. You can see if the administrator user's password is

> > blank (assuming you have Windows XP Professional or superset OS

> > since you seem to have been a member of a domain) by pressing

> > CTRL+ALT+DEL twice at the welcome screen logon and entering the

> > username "administrator" (without the quotation marks) and putting

> > nothing at all in the password blank and trying to logon that way.


>

>

> century.dave wrote:

> > I am able to get to a log on page, but administrator and "blank"

> > password did not work. remember, I created a new WORKGROUP and the

> > "new user" (without admin) is the ONLY user in the workgroup. I

> > severed the computers' link to the original domain because that

> > domain doesn't exist any longer, so I can't log back on to the

> > original domain where I had admin priveleges to modify a users

> > access or even do a "restore".


>

>

> century.dave wrote:

> > How can it be possible to set up a workgroup with only one user and

> > the one user doesn't have admin priveleges? without admin

> > priveleges, you can't undo changes, you can't change workgrups.


>

> Again - there is no such thing as a user in a workgroup.

> There are local machine accounts and domain accounts - workgroups do not

> have accounts.

>

> What this thread indicates to me is that you used a domain account that had

> administrative priviledges to remove the machine from said domain without

> first creating a local account with administrative priviledges. You have an

> administrative level account on the machine. You either don't know this

> because you have not looked and/or have not tried the suggestions made. You

> need to 'hack' into the local administrative account or clean install said

> machine.

>

> What I have given you is several ways to access the local administrative

> user account and/or change the local administrative user account's password

> so you can utilize it to log into the machine locally. Being a member of a

> "workgroup" means very little. The machine is still just a stand-alone

> machine with only local user accounts.

>

> All Windows XP machines are members of a workgroup - whether or not they did

> this intentionally or if there is NOT more than one machine involved. The

> built-in administrator account cannot be deleted - so it still exists. If

> you utilize some of the links I will be providing you again - you should be

> able to access this account - usually (by default actually) the username on

> the account in question is "administrator". You can even change the

> password for this account.

>

> Your only recourses (given what you have) seem to be:

> - Try to hack the administrator password

> - Clean installation.

>

> Around the first solution:

> You need to know what version of Windows XP you have to try

> the easiest fix. If they have Windows XP Home Edition or some other version

> of Windows XP (all supersets of Windows XP Professional.)

>

> If Windows XP HOME:

> Boot into safe mode and logon as the user named "Administrator" --> it

> likely has no password. Change your password and any others needed

> once you get logged into safe mode as the actual (and hidden in normal

> mode) administrator in Windows XP Home. Reboot and log back in as

> your user with the new password.

>

> If Windows XP Professional:

> At the "Welcome Screen", press CTRL+ALT+DEL twice in a row (quickly.)

> That will bring up the Classic Logon Prompt. Enter "administrator" as the

> username (no quotation marks) and try entering nothing (leave it blank)

> for the password and log on. If it lets you in, cChange your password

> and any others needed.

>

> Doesn't work?

>

> Look through these:

> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=forgotten+password+in+"Windows+XP+Home"

>

> Look through those who had this issue before you:

> http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=forgotten+password+in+"Windows+XP+Home"&num=100&scoring=r

>

> What Microsoft recommends:

> How to log on to Windows XP if you forget your

> password or if your password expires

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321305

>

> Here's a list of possible things to try:

> http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm

>

> Including a downloadable diskette or CD:

> http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

> .... with instructions clearly on the page for use.

>

>

> Around the second solution (with extras):

> ** You may want to print this **

>

> 1) Download and install Belarc Advisor onto the current Windows XP

> machine. Use it to get a list of hardware from the

> machine as well as the CD Key used to install it. Print it if you like.

> http://www.belarc.com/

>

> You may be able to obtain other product keys from here as well.

> You will see everything that is installed listed here - so you have

> a record of what you will be putting back - if you have the

> installation media. Now is the time to find the installation media!

>

> 2) Using the list of hardware you obtained - visit the hardware

> manufacturer(s) web page(s) and download the software drivers

> for each of the components.

>

> If it is a "vendor" computer (Dell, HP, IBM, Gateway, etc..) - simply

> visit the vendor's page and go to the support/downloads for the

> particular model and download all hardware drivers. Write those

> to external (to that computer) media. CD/DVD/USB/Network.

>

> If it is a piece-meal computer, take the Belarc list and visit each

> manufacturer's web page. Be sure - at a minimum - to obtain the

> motherboard chipset drivers, the hard drive controller card drivers,

> the video card drivers, the modem drivers, the network card

> drivers and the sound card drivers. Technically - if you have the

> drivers for the hardware that will allow you to access the Internet,

> everything else can be gotten later. However - there is something

> to be said about going in prepared.

>

> 3) Now that you have the software and hardware drivers covered -

> you can get to the business of obtaining Service Pack 2 and most

> of the post-sp2 updates you will need. I have a list with links

> below this - if you grabbed everything on this list - installed them

> (after installing Windows XP) in numerical (by KB Article #) order

> - rebooting when asked to - before ever connecting to the Internet

> - you might (at this time) have 5-10 more to grab from the update

> web page.

>

> Essentially - visit each of these pages, download the update for

> Windows XP (32bit) w/SP2 and save them to an external location.

> CD/DVD/USB/Network. Consider yourself an "IT Professional" in

> order to get to the page with the actual file download link for each

> update.

>

> You could get away with (pretty much) installing them in the order

> given.

>

> Direct Download of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP

> http://snipurl.com/8bqy

>

> Critical Updates

> ----------------------

> Released: -- [ Web Page Address ] -- Description:

> 9/14/2004 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885626 ]

> -- Critical Update for Windows XP

> 11/22/2004 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887742 ]

> -- Update for Windows XP

> 12/13/2004 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885835 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 12/13/2004 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885836 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 12/13/2004 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886185 ]

> -- Critical Update for Windows XP

> 12/13/2004 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873339 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 2/7/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891781 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 2/7/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888302 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 2/7/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887472 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows Messenger

> 4/11/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890859 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 5/18/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894391 ]

> -- Update for Windows XP

> 5/24/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896344 ]

> -- Update for Windows XP

> 6/13/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896358 ]

> -- Security Update for Microsoft Windows XP

> 6/13/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896428 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 6/24/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900930 ]

> -- Update for Windows XP

> 6/27/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/898461 ]

> -- Update for Windows XP

> 7/11/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/901214 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 8/8/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896423 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 8/8/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899587 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 8/8/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899591 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 8/8/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893756 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 10/10/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/901017 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 10/10/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902400 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 10/10/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905749 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 10/10/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905414 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 10/10/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900725 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 12/12/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910437 ]

> -- Update for Windows XP

> 12/13/2005 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/904706 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 1/9/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/908519 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 2/13/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911927 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 4/10/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911562 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 4/18/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/904942 ]

> -- Update for Windows XP

> 4/25/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/900485 ]

> -- Update for Windows XP

> 4/25/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/908531 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 5/9/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913580 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 6/6/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916595 ]

> -- Update for Windows XP

> 6/8/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918439 ]

> -- Vulnerability in ART Image Rendering Could Allow Remote Code

> Execution in Internet Explorer for Windows XP SP2

> 6/12/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914389 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 6/12/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917953 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 6/13/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917344 ]

> -- JScript 5.6 Security Update for Windows XP SP1 and SP2

> 6/27/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911280 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 7/10/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917159 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 7/10/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914388 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 8/7/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917422 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 8/7/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920670 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 8/7/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922616 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 8/7/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920683 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 8/17/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920872 ]

> -- Update for Windows XP

> 9/11/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920685 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 9/11/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922582 ]

> -- Update for Windows XP

> 9/11/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919007 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 10/9/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922819 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 10/9/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924496 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 10/9/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923414 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 10/9/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923191 ]

> -- Security Update for Windows XP

> 11/14/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920213 ]

> -- Vulnerability in Microsoft Agent could allow remote code

> execution

> 11/14/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923789 ]

> -- Vulnerabilities in Macromedia Flash Player from Adobe

> could allow remote code execution

> 11/14/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924270 ]

> -- Vulnerability in Workstation Service could allow

> remote code execution

> 11/14/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928088 ]

> -- Vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services could

> allow remote code execution

> 11/14/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923980 ]

> -- Vulnerability in the Client Service could allow remote code

> execution

> 12/12/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926247 ]

> -- Vulnerability in Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

> could allow remote code execution

> 12/12/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926255 ]

> -- Vulnerability in Windows could allow elevation of privilege

> 12/12/2006 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923694 ]

> -- Cumulative security update for Outlook Express

> 1/9/2007 -- [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929969 ]
 
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