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Disabled Administrator - SOS

I disabled the ADMIN and forgot to add a new one in Windows XP, however no there is no admin i cant do a thing!! Good side is i have a Windows 2000 Server CD and if i use the Recovery Console then it doesnt ask for the ADMIN password and i have access to any file on the system.

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I disabled the ADMIN and forgot to add a new one in Windows XP, however no there is no admin i cant do a thing!!

Good side is i have a Windows 2000 Server CD and if i use the Recovery Console then it doesnt ask for the ADMIN password and i have access to any file on the system.

Is there a file i can delete or edit that will re-anable the Administrator or let another user have Admin. privilages?

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Have you got a system restore point before you disabled the admin, that might work?
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i think ur screwed unless theres a linux prog to activate admin accounts.
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When your logon screen displays a list of users and your administrator account is not listed, hit ctrl+alt+delete twice and it will show the administrator account.

this will show the built in admin account.
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