MY system admin got disabled and im using a laptop with no CD-rom i have tryed safe mode,my computers admins name was "administrator" so i dont know what to do mabye a program? if this limited account will even let me install anything please help1 person needs an answerI do too

Since you apparently have XP Pro or Media Center and were using the built-in Administrator account for your regular work and it is therefore the only user account on the system, there are ways to enable the account and/or change the password for that account to a blank. Microsoft doesn't permit us to tell you how in these forums. Their house, their rules. Use Google or ask a local computer tech (not a BigComputerStore/GeekSquad type of place).MS-MVP - Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!

Hey Malkeleah Thanks so much for your replay.I am just freaked out that i will never get to my important documents and or that i will not be able to ever do anything outside of a limited access on my computer ever again!I think i have XP pro when i try to enable the admintrator manually from my limited account it asks me to log on as the admin.So i try to log on as it and it says "Your account has been disabled please see the system administrator",so yeah this is the problem.I think it is really stupid that microsoft dosen't allow you to tell me i thought that was what the forums here are for.I have tryed looking on google (i looked all last night for almost 6 hours) i had found many ideas but none of them worked.I always got a acess denied message from the computer.I don't know much about computers and i dont think there are any local computer techs in my area (besides best buy and major chains) except for a mac repair place.I did find something out though and i was hoping you could help me with this part ok so i went to the admin controls on my limited account and when i looked under "help" i saw that it said "you cannot disable or delete the build in administrator account so i thought did really delete the buiit in one? or just one with that name!Please replay i hope to get this problem settled soon and again thanks so much for your help.Perhaps if they don't allow you to help me on the forums we could communicate from e-mail i have a google mail account also. - Email removed for privacy - Email removed for privacy (PLEASE READ AT LEAST THE END OF THE MESSAGE IT'S IMPORTANT!)

There is no reason in the world for you to panic about getting into your documents. As an aside, you need to create and implement a good backup strategy because Stuff Happens all the time. See this link for suggestions about that: http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Backing_Up No, you cannot delete the built-in Administrator. You still have not said what version of XP you are using. If you have XP Home then you should be able to get into the built-in Administrator account from Safe Mode. Of course, I don't know the recent history of this laptop. It could be severely infected and that could have caused your issues. If you think this is the case, back up your data (see how to do this below) and restore your laptop to factory condition. I'm very sorry but I don't do remote/email tech support for people who are not my clients. My work in these forums is strictly volunteer. A. Retrieving data from outside of Windows 1. Pull the drive and put it in a USB drive enclosure or use a USB drive adapter. Attach this to a computer running a working install of XP/Vista/Windows7. Use the working Windows Explorer to copy the data to the rescue system's hard drive and then burn the data to cd or dvd. I prefer not to do this if I know the drive is infected because there is a chance of infecting the host system. In these cases, I use #2 below. 2. You can boot the target computer with a Bart's PE (if you are using XP) or a Linux live CD such as Knoppix and retrieve the data that way. Here is general information on using Knoppix for this: You will need a computer with two cd drives, one of which is a CD/DVD burner OR a USB thumb drive with enough capacity to hold your data OR an external USB hard drive formatted FAT32 (not NTFS)*. Download the Knoppix .iso and create your bootable CD. If you are doing this in an older operating system (XP or Vista), you'll need third-party burning software like Nero, Roxio, or the free ImgBurn (Windows 7 can burn .isos natively). Burn as an image, not as data. Then boot with the CD you created and Knoppix will be able to see the Windows files. If you are using the USB thumb drive or the external hard drive, right-click on its icon (on the Desktop) to get its properties and uncheck the box that says "Read Only". Then click on it to open it. Note that the default mouse action in the window manager used by Knoppix (KDE) is a single click to open instead of the traditional MS Windows' double-click. If you want to burn CD/DVDs, use the K3b program. *My understanding is that you can now write to an NTFS partition from Linux. If you wish to do this, Google for instructions about using the NTFS driver. http://www.knoppix.net http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ - Bart's PE Builder B. Restoring to factory condition Most laptops and many OEM (HP, Sony, etc.) desktop computers come with a factory restore image on a special partition on the hard drive. The factory restore process is normally invoked by pressing a Function key (like F11) at computer startup. There will be a message as to which Function key to press on the screen when you first start your computer. You can also refer to your computer manual, or the computer mftr.'s website, or contact its tech support to see how to restore your computer to factory condition since each computer mftr. does it differently - sometimes even between models. These machines also usually have a utility with which to create physical recovery discs in case the hard drive needs to be replaced or the factory restore image is somehow damaged. If you did not create the physical recovery discs and/or damaged the recovery image, contact the computer mftr.'s tech support to order a recovery disc set. This is normally very inexpensive, around $20-25.MS-MVP - Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!