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XP Pro, SP2, fully updated.

Hi, trying to secure my laptop I removed my user account from the
Administrator group and have managed to lock out the Administrator account
due to entering the wrong password a number of times.

So, I cannot run any programs which would allow me to reset the Admin
account,is there any way I can solve this withouth a re-build? Is it possible
to use the system re-store to return it to a working state before the account
was locked out? Have tried this already going into safe mode (F8) but did not
appear to work.

Any ideas happily received!

carey frisch [mvp]

Original Administrator Account Does Not Appear During Friendly Logon Method
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp

Enable Administrator account on Welcome Screen
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_admin_ok.htm

Administrator unable to unlock a "locked" computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/242917/en-us


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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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| XP Pro, SP2, fully updated.
|
| Hi, trying to secure my laptop I removed my user account from the
| Administrator group and have managed to lock out the Administrator account
| due to entering the wrong password a number of times.
|
| So, I cannot run any programs which would allow me to reset the Admin
| account,is there any way I can solve this withouth a re-build? Is it possible
| to use the system re-store to return it to a working state before the account
| was locked out? Have tried this already going into safe mode (F8) but did not
| appear to work.
|
| Any ideas happily received!

timn)�ŠÇ.²È¨žÉ¢rº,¡û\¢

Thanks, I'll try tip 2 later.