haggisnneeps Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Help!! I have an XP home installation (sister in law's sister's PC - long story) and i can't log on using the administrator account since its not showing up in the user control panel. I cant use the mmc snap in coz its XP home and i cant create an administrator account coz its already there - but i can't see it or change it or enable it or anythingIf i try to log on as administrator it says "can't log you on because of an account restriction - so obviously i try to use secpol.msc to see what restrictions are in place - but secpol.msc isnt there eitherWTF!!!??!?!How do i unhide the administrator account or re-enable it?And all this has come about becasue she installed Norton Internet security 2005 and then forgot the supervisor password so i cant uninstall that without the password and its set to super protective mode (child mode) so she cant use MSN etc - we're in a right pickle!!!!Any way of :1) Getting round NIS Supervisor password or hacking or cracking it2)enabling the administrator account3) using tools i would normally use in XP Pro - but havent got in XP Home?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daedalus123 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 The only way to access the Administrator account in XP Home is in SafeMode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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