Disabled User Account Control and disabled Administrator acc
Posted by admin on Nov 25th, 2006
I created a standard user account with no administrative priviledges. I then logged back on as the administrator, then I disabled user account control UAC, then I disabled the Administrator Account. I am now unable to turn UAC back on because I have no administrative priviledges, and now no longer can access the Administrator account because it has been disabled. How can I reverse this error?
Nov 27th, 2006 at 07:57 pm
Hello,Reboot into safe mode and try logging in as the builtin administrator (even though it is disabled, this is supposed to work unless all the enabling/disabling of accounts has confused it).You could also try booting the DVD and going to recovery options, if that doesn't work. JB Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/UserWindows Vista Support Faq jimmah.com/vista/
Nov 28th, 2006 at 11:10 am
Excluding the system adminstrator account (the one named Administrator that shows up in Safe Mode), you don't need to disable any administrative accounts. You need at least one administrative account (with a name other than Administrator) in the Manage Accounts page. Then one standard account for each person who uses the computer (including yourself). Everyone should use a standard account for daytoday computing. Use the administrative account only when absolutely necessary to perform advanced tasks that you can't get to by elevating onthefly from a standard account.If you don't care about that security, then you can just disable UAC and work from an administrative account. Definitely not a "security best practice" by anybody's definition of the phrase. But is is an option and will be more like the old way of doing things."Craig L Davies" <Craig L Davies@discussions.microsoft.com>