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Old 10-29-2010, 03:33 PM   #1
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All accounts now limited in Vista Ultimate

To make a long story short, I set up my friends computer with three accounts, Admin(admin rights), hers(limited), and her kids(limited). Somehow, her children got ahold of the admin password and have made the admin account into a limited one. My question is, is there a "hidden" admin account in Vista you bring alive via command line to make the Admin account back into admin status? I am unable to do it via any of the accounts "active" now and really don't feel like wiping and reinstalling Vista....

Any help would be grand, thanks!
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Old 10-29-2010, 04:58 PM   #2
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Start > type "cmd" > right click on it and choose "Run as Administrator".

At the command promt, type: net user administrator /active:yes

Reboot. You should see the administrator account.

Once you're done, make sure you hide it again: net user administrator /active:no

Then she can proceed to discipline the kids.
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