No more Admin account?

CharmPeddler

CharmPeddler

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I'll try to make this quick.

I have my Laptop dual booting with Win7 / Ubuntu 10.10. I had my admin account set to auto logon. I used this a few months ago to get my account logged in automatically:

"Press Windows R. A command box should appear. Type control userpasswords2 and hit the enter key. This should display the User Accounts screen in Windows 7. Select the user account in the main table and uncheck the “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer. A click on the Apply button will open the Automatically Log On window. Enter the password and confirm it to add the password to the system so that it does not need to be entered during logon."

The wife and I switched laptops (Photoshop will not run on her MBP) so I went in and undid the auto logon into my admin acount and changed it to auto logon into her account, as she was tired of switching every time she wanted on. But NOW the admin account is no longer an option when i log out of her account, OR when asked for admin password to do admin level stuff. i know the account is still "there", but i am unaware as to how to bring it back.

anyone have an idea?
 
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Nope i use a Linux boot CD with a SAM editor, told it to UN-disable the admin account.

and how would i make her account admin? I had no access to that part of the control panel, or "NOW the admin account is no longer an option when i log out of her account, OR when asked for admin password to do admin level stuff."
 
With XP if you pressed control+alt+delete twice at the password prompt you could enter the administrator user name and password and login that way. And I think if you booted into Safe Mode in 7 it would take you the admin account.
 
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