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what keys are "Net user administrator /active:yes"?
Hi All,
I have a customer that lost/forgot/typo'ed her password. Her Vista Home Edition Administrator's account is disabled. I can edit the registry with Bart PE. Can someone tell me what registry key I need to edit to accomplish what "Net user administrator /active:yes" does? Many thanks, -T |
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what keys are "Net user administrator /active:yes"?
STOP multiposting
-- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "ToddAndMargo" wrote in message ... Hi All, I have a customer that lost/forgot/typo'ed her password. Her Vista Home Edition Administrator's account is disabled. I can edit the registry with Bart PE. Can someone tell me what registry key I need to edit to accomplish what "Net user administrator /active:yes" does? Many thanks, -T |
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what keys are "Net user administrator /active:yes"?
STOP multiposting
-- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "ToddAndMargo" wrote in message ... Hi All, I have a customer that lost/forgot/typo'ed her password. Her Vista Home Edition Administrator's account is disabled. I can edit the registry with Bart PE. Can someone tell me what registry key I need to edit to accomplish what "Net user administrator /active:yes" does? Many thanks, -T |
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what keys are "Net user administrator /active:yes"?
Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "ToddAndMargo" wrote in message ... Hi All, I have a customer that lost/forgot/typo'ed her password. Her Vista Home Edition Administrator's account is disabled. I can edit the registry with Bart PE. Can someone tell me what registry key I need to edit to accomplish what "Net user administrator /active:yes" does? Many thanks, -T On 02/13/2010 09:23 PM, Peter Foldes top posted: STOP multiposting -- Peter Hi All, I never did figure out which registry keys went with "Net user administrator /active:yes". But I did find a utility to do it for me: Offline NT Password & Registry Editor. http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/ This is a Linux boot CD that allows you to both enable user accounts and erase user passwords, including the Administrator's account. And, it worked perfectly on my customer machine. She now has an Administrator's icon and she can now log into both her own account and the Administrator's account without a password. Happy camping has returned. I hope this helps others, -T |
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what keys are "Net user administrator /active:yes"?
Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "ToddAndMargo" wrote in message ... Hi All, I have a customer that lost/forgot/typo'ed her password. Her Vista Home Edition Administrator's account is disabled. I can edit the registry with Bart PE. Can someone tell me what registry key I need to edit to accomplish what "Net user administrator /active:yes" does? Many thanks, -T On 02/13/2010 09:23 PM, Peter Foldes top posted: STOP multiposting -- Peter Hi All, I never did figure out which registry keys went with "Net user administrator /active:yes". But I did find a utility to do it for me: Offline NT Password & Registry Editor. http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/ This is a Linux boot CD that allows you to both enable user accounts and erase user passwords, including the Administrator's account. And, it worked perfectly on my customer machine. She now has an Administrator's icon and she can now log into both her own account and the Administrator's account without a password. Happy camping has returned. I hope this helps others, -T |
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what keys are "Net user administrator /active:yes"?
"ToddAndMargo" wrote in message
... [...] "ToddAndMargo" wrote in message ... Hi All, I have a customer that lost/forgot/typo'ed her password. Her Vista Home Edition Administrator's account is disabled. I can edit the registry with Bart PE. Can someone tell me what registry key I need to edit to accomplish what "Net user administrator /active:yes" does? This is not stored in the registry. Accounts: Administrator account status under Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Local Policies\Security Options http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...cySettings.xls |
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what keys are "Net user administrator /active:yes"?
"ToddAndMargo" wrote in message
... [...] "ToddAndMargo" wrote in message ... Hi All, I have a customer that lost/forgot/typo'ed her password. Her Vista Home Edition Administrator's account is disabled. I can edit the registry with Bart PE. Can someone tell me what registry key I need to edit to accomplish what "Net user administrator /active:yes" does? This is not stored in the registry. Accounts: Administrator account status under Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Local Policies\Security Options http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...cySettings.xls |
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what keys are "Net user administrator /active:yes"?
On 02/18/2010 10:25 AM, FromTheRafters wrote:
wrote in message ... [...] wrote in message ... Hi All, I have a customer that lost/forgot/typo'ed her password. Her Vista Home Edition Administrator's account is disabled. I can edit the registry with Bart PE. Can someone tell me what registry key I need to edit to accomplish what "Net user administrator /active:yes" does? This is not stored in the registry. Accounts: Administrator account status under Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Local Policies\Security Options http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...cySettings.xls That would explain why I could not find anything despite all the Googling ("Just Google it": the new RTFM) in the world. Great link! Thank you, -T |
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what keys are "Net user administrator /active:yes"?
On 02/18/2010 10:25 AM, FromTheRafters wrote: wrote in message ... [...] wrote in message ... Hi All, I have a customer that lost/forgot/typo'ed her password. Her Vista Home Edition Administrator's account is disabled. I can edit the registry with Bart PE. Can someone tell me what registry key I need to edit to accomplish what "Net user administrator /active:yes" does? This is not stored in the registry. Accounts: Administrator account status under Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Local Policies\Security Options http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...cySettings.xls That would explain why I could not find anything despite all the Googling ("Just Google it": the new RTFM) in the world. Great link! Thank you, -T |