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Comment from Glyn Gill on 2009-10-30

2009-10-30T11:36:02Z

Hi, (I am on Windows XP Proffessional) i got this new mobile broadband dongle from vodafone. It is a plug and play device so you plug it in and it should install itself. When it gets around to installing it says "Administative privileges are needed to install this software. The installer will now close" I am the admin of the computer and i am really stuck! Please Help!

Regards, Glyn Gill.

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Comment from Ralph Hosmer on 2009-08-27

2009-08-27T14:11:32Z

I am using the Administrator Account (No Password and no other user accounts). When I run msconfig to remove a program from Startup, I get a message that I do Not have Administrator Priveliges and am allowed only to restart in Diagnostic mode. How do I eliminate the restriction and allow me to restart in normal mode?? Note: this has happened both before and after I UnInstalled the program.

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Comment from Rued on 2009-08-09

2009-08-09T12:51:34Z

Let me know if it is possible to install flashplayer 10 without administrative password.
If so,please tell me the step by step process..
Thank you..

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Comment from Jasbir Singh on 2009-07-09

2009-07-09T08:36:07Z

How we can apply policy on limited user?

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Comment from jiujiu on 2009-06-11

2009-06-12T03:50:19Z

There is a way to reset windows password without erasing anything.
Follow the instructions:
1.Free download the iso file : http://www.resetwindowspassword.com
2.Burn it to a disk to create the boot disk, that simple.
3.Configure your pc or laptop to boot in the cd drive,
4.Insert the CD, reboot from CD drive, and then just follow the process of instruction. A few steps later, admin password would be cleared
Setting new password:
Step one: Open the "Control Panel"
Step two: Click the "User Account "
Step three: Select the account you wanna to set a new password.
Step four: Click "changing Account " and "set up password", then fill out the form as listed. Click "Create Password".

Extra-cost utilities aren't necessary. I've lost the password to my Windows Administrator account, how do I get it back? discusses a free utility to do same.

- Leo
12-Jun-2009

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Comment from Martin on 2009-06-01

2009-06-01T09:53:35Z

My machine displays "XP". When I rebooted into safe mode, it said "XP Pro" and I could not change it. I followed the steps anyway and a lovely "Administrator" icon appeared, which was not the one I was using just before having to do all this, and had an ancient password. Things worked OK, I system restored, but now I'm worried that there is at least one other Administrator account on my machine....it's wireless. I'd be very grateful if you could advise: how do I find out how many Administrator accounts there are on the machine; how can I safely delete them ? Thanks

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Comment from happykaka on 2009-05-30

2009-05-31T01:26:43Z

It seems that created a reset CD is a common way to reset windows password. A few days ago. I have my computer password lost and so I download a Windows password unlocker from http://www.passwordunlocker.com .

Firstly, I must use a second computer that can link to Internet. With this PC I downloaded Windows Password Unlocker 4.0 and decompress it on that PC. Note that: there is a .ISO file, I need to burn the .ISO file to a CD.
Secondly, Got out the newly created CD and insert it to the locked computer.
Thirdly, re-booted the locked computer and then followed the process of instructions. Just a few steps, the old password was removed.

So I can re-login the locked computer with no password. But for safe, I created another password.

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Comment from Tamil on 2009-05-19

2009-05-20T06:10:50Z

Hi Sir,

Hi i m Tamil Arasan Sir i try to Disk Defregment in my computer but it 'll ask You should Have Administrator Privilege Volume. Can U Explan this how to clear this problem Please.

Thank u Sir.

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Comment from Tibor on 2009-05-19

2009-05-20T01:07:39Z

hi. i have the same problem:"Please check your accounts,iff you have no administrator privilege,please login again!" but i have i'm the administrator and why i just can't update mi BIOS ?

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Comment from christian hearn on 2009-05-02

2009-05-03T05:09:26Z

Sir, I want to install macromedia flashplayer 10.
But I can't. They said I must have administrative privileges to get that. But how I can get it? I really don't understand. Could you teach me how to do that step by step? I really hope your answer..Thanks before..

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Comment from Alice on 2009-04-27

2009-04-28T02:06:03Z

Here I'm posting a few methods / utilities which can be used to recover Windows password:
1st Method:
The first thing which you check if you forget login password. When we install Windows, it automatically creates an
account "Administrator" and sets its password to blank. So if you have forget your user account password then try this:
Start system and when you see Windows Welcome screen / Login screen, press ++ keys twice and it'll
show Classic Login box. Now type "Administrator" (without quotes) in Username and leave Password field blank. Now press Enter and you should be able to log in Windows.
Now you can reset your account password from "Control Panel -> User Accounts".
Same thing can be done using Safe Mode. In Safe Mode Windows will show this in-built Administrator account in Login
screen.
2th Method:
There are many 3rd party utilities which claim to recover forgotten Windows password:
Windows Password Reset Tool is a program that works instantly to remove any lost or forgotten password. Simply boot your PC from the supplied Boot CD, and get access to forgotten Windows and administrator passwords in just seconds. Their method is so much faster/easier, and works great!
http://www.resetwindowspassword.com

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Comment from William Spalding on 2009-04-17

2009-04-18T01:35:40Z

"I work only with one account the default Administrator. Some say it is better to create another account with Admin privilages. Any comment on that?"

That is risky business. Having an account set as an admin that is regularly used is an easy way to have a security issue. If you are on an administrator account and you get a trojan or other malicious software, It too will have full admin control over the pc. Having a non-admin account that is used as a regular account and an admin account that is used when needed is the best way to go. Although more of a hassle at times, it's better to be safe than sorry.

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Comment from youssef on 2009-03-21

2009-03-21T15:11:31Z

my Dear: my son work on the computer password and I want to installation program autocad but i found message called (requires administrator privileges please log in with administrator befor attempting installation of autocad) what can i do (thanks for help)

You'll need to follow the instructions in the message and login using your computer's administrator account, or an account that has administrative privileges.

- Leo
22-Mar-2009

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Comment from naga subbarao on 2009-03-16

2009-03-16T11:08:24Z

Hi Grey, if u really forgot the xp password,
Boot ur system with xp OS cd, and go to second repair option, while installing the installing devices press shift F10 and then in command prompt type : (control userpasswords2) enter. There u can reset the password of administrator.if u got any problem contact me in [email address removed]
Regards
naga subbarao

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Comment from Grey Gonzalez on 2009-03-13

2009-03-13T23:01:29Z

My friend gave me this compute, I'm trying to install an printer, but it's not letting me because I need Amininistrative rights.
How can I get the rigts.

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Comment from Todd on 2009-03-10

2009-03-10T21:16:57Z

Simple solution - start - settings - control panel - user accounts - administrator - add or change password - restart computer

It happened to me. could not load software into computer. Happened after using Registry Mechanic, I think. Something was removed. Buy restting the password, the missing element must have been re-entered. You can remove the passwrd again too. Kind of like refreshing the account.

I work only with one account the default Administrator. Some say it is better to create another account with Admin privilages. Any comment on that?

Thanks

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Comment from james on 2008-11-21

2008-11-22T03:55:08Z

When i am trying to download my games back onto my computer its says that i need my admin right to do it. So my question is how do i get full admin rights back onto my computer

- Leo
22-Nov-2008

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Comment from Noah on 2008-09-30

2008-09-30T14:54:26Z

Go to my computer. Go to C Drive. Go to WINDOWS. Find a folder called "System32" scroll down and find "lusrmgr". That will take you to the users and groups page.

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Comment from Ollie on 2008-09-26

2008-09-26T16:30:42Z

If you do not have those options,your on different windows xp.

Turn on computer, keep tapping F8, start computer in safe mode, click on administrator, but this time -

- Click start,
- Control panel,
- User Accounts

And the rest should be common sense. Remember, you dont want the account to be limited/restricted when the option comes up.

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Comment from gordon on 2008-05-17

2008-05-18T03:46:28Z

You can get a login prompt to the administrator account from the XP login screen by hitting ctrl-alt-del twice. This brings up the old win2k usename/password screen with administrator already entered in the username

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Comment from Leo on 2008-05-12

2008-05-12T17:53:07Z

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Patrick: it sounds like you're infected by one of the many
viruses that play around with your administrative abilities.
You can try anti-virus software, but you may be looking at a
reinstall of windows.
http://ask-leo.com/how_should_i_reinstall_windows.html

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Comment from Ty on 2008-05-10

2008-05-10T18:13:34Z

It tells me that access is denied... I am working off of a limited account because my only Administrative account is the one that got messed up and I can't access the hidden admin because I set a pass for it but I forgot it and I really don't want to have to do anythign that is going to delete any of my stuff. I can't burn cds or anything all I can do is get on the internet and basic options.... I just want to type something and be back but typeing anything short of my password I can't find a way. I don't want to recover my password I just want to bypass my systems regular options so that I can access one of the admin accounts.

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Comment from T on 2008-05-02

2008-05-03T02:31:33Z

This happened to me with XP My daughter added a guest account and my admin acct disappeared
I too could not find the local users and groups, bad advice.

I had no password on my account so I logged on in safe mode

Open is safe mode by pressing F8
click Start
Go to control panel / user accounts
click change an account
I now see my 2 administrator accounts
I added a password to both accounts

logged off safe mode
Restart computer
It still puts the guest name up on the log on screen, I retype in the admin acct name and add password and that should get you in to your original account

Don't forget to go into the User accounts NOW and turn off the guest account.

My next computer will be a Mac, I'm so done with MS

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Comment from helpful on 2008-04-23

2008-04-23T22:08:51Z

to the person who can't find their computer name just go to your command file , in your c: folder labeled cmd.exe or command.exe , pretty much run msdos. If you can't run that way try going to your start button and pressing run then type in "command" without the "" . When you have this running, type in "hostname" without the "" and this will give you your computer name.

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Comment from AskTheAdmin on 2007-10-16

2007-10-16T19:29:02Z

Control Alt Delete on the Logon screen will bring you to a box where you can type in a username and password.

Cheers!

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Comment from Brandon on 2007-06-15

2007-06-15T15:00:04Z

To get access to the admin account, and you don't have admin privileges, all you need is "windows key enterprise", you can buy this product on the appropriate website or you can download the torrent link off of demonoid.com .... basically, it makes a bootable CD of USB Flash Drive which you need a computer with admin privileges in order to install, and you insert the CD/Flash Drie into the computer before it starts up, it will execute, opening up a black command line, in the command line, you will be able to "reset" the username and passwords to ANY account, by defaut: all the accounts will have NO password, so you will have to modify that in the control panel / user accounts! Remember this, it is a federal offense to break into any computer without permission from the user except your own computer; if your mother locked you out, then that still qualifies as "someone elses computer". Just keep that in mind!

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Comment from Joe Schmo on 2007-05-10

2007-05-10T22:28:42Z

This work IF and ONLY IF you have admin rights tobegin with. If you are on a limited account, you will get an Access Denied.

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Comment from Leo Notenboom on 2007-03-28

2007-03-28T21:46:34Z

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Comment from Reeciboy on 2007-03-28

2007-03-28T21:43:34Z

i also need to get access to install my art programme for college but my mum wont let me have a admin account how can i get access to my computer to do this cheers.

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Comment from martin on 2007-01-16

2007-01-16T20:54:21Z

an addition to my previous poat, anyone experiencing the same problems may find this helpfull....

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Lost admin rights on XP Home
I have a big problem.
All my accounts with admin rights suddenly got turned in to limited user accounts. I think this happend after an upgrade to .Net Framework 1.1 and some messing around with trying to remove the login screen.
I can't access any module that requires administrator rights, ie user admin, system settings. Error messge says: You have no rights to access this function (or something similar, using swedish version)
If I run the system in Safe mode using any account, I can access the user admin tool, where all accounts have the correct level of privilegies (administrator). Unfortunately I can not uninstall .Net Framework since it uses Windows installer, and that won't run in Safe mode.
I can't login as Administrator since MS have prevented this (Knowledge base 290109).

I've searched this forum, internet, microsoft even called my computer support (long shot...) I can't find anyone with a similar problem. Can it be a virus? (Running Norton and Kerio)

Running Xp Home with all updates from Windows Update.

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Can you logon to the Administrator account in Safe Mode? If so, you should be able to restore administrator rights to the user accounts there.

If that doesn't work, while still in Safe Mode, Administrato account, try this: Go to Start>Run, type in control userpasswords2 (note the space after "control"), click OK.

Double click on an account you want to change, then go to the Group Membership tab, select Administrators in the drop-down list, click OK. Do that for each user account.

I never installed NET Framework so I don't know for sure but perhaps it appears in that list and can be removed there. Try that at your own risk.

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Comment from martin on 2007-01-16

2007-01-16T20:41:18Z

hi leo, i wonder if you can help me out, i recently reformatted my friends pc and installed windows xp and everything was cool, i consider myself quite an advanced user, some how he has messed it up and it will not let him install any programs asnd says he does not have administrator rights although he does have them and i have checked the user accounts and it states he has them, but still the problem persists, i tried logging on using the admin account (ctrl-alt-delete) and it let me install a program but doe not go to the found hardware when the camera is plugged in and the software does not appear to have installed, this seems to be the result of him installing a pci usb card??? i have seen this happen on my pc a long time ago although i dont know how or why and my resolution for it was to reformat and install afresh.... any advice or help you could give would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
martin

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Comment from irrelevent on 2006-12-09

2006-12-09T23:01:48Z

it dos not work as if you are using a guest or limited account you dont have suffcient privilages to do this so the best way to get admin privs is either f8 or f110 depending on ur pc during startup then login as administrator or if the normal admin is smarter than that then brute force it (dont understand then google it!!!) or use a kelog or crack the password file (again google it 4 more info)

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Comment from Anon on 2006-10-12

2006-10-12T17:56:13Z

I am at a library, we have monitoring software. I was thinking maybe with Process Explorer I kill some of these processes that monitor. If I end, I think it was smss.exe first and then the crss.exe to kill the login processes? Then, work on the DefWatch.exe, IAANTMon.exe, inetinfo.exe, SamPrintManager.exe( that process and the tree included), SavRoam.exe, IAAnotif.exe, SamStarter.exe( the process and the tree included), censtat.exe, and Printkey2000.exe. The other processes "seem" normal; I'm positive these are the processes interrupting my computer experience. Any ideas appreciated and thanks for taking the time to read this. -Anon

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Comment from Helper on 2006-03-03

2006-03-03T13:12:25Z

For everyone who forgot the administrator password or would like to regain access to this account, please visit:

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

The page will definately prove useful. Jesus Bless You.

Helper

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Comment from Miss Patel on 2006-01-22

2006-01-22T21:33:35Z

I am in England so when I played an American DVD, the region changed. But now I want to watch English DVDs so I need to change it back. But when i put the dvd in, the change the region prompt doesnt come up. I went through the device manager to try to change the dvd, but when i press ok to have it changed to region one, it says:
" Unable to update region settings. Please make sure the drvie contains a region 1 media and you have administration privilege."

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Comment from Kristo on 2005-11-22

2005-11-22T17:22:55Z

all you need to do is go to start then run and then type in "compmgt.msc b" without the quotes there you can add users or delete them..

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Comment from Anthony on 2005-06-23

2005-06-23T18:18:46Z

There is also another way to login as administrator from the welcome screen in XP (assuming that you don't auto-login). Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE twice in succession from the welcome screen, and you'll get a login box for username and password. This will save you from having to boot into safe mode.

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