Windows Vista Administrator Account broken in Vista Home Premium.

[S7ARBVCK]

I activated the Administrator account on my OEM install of Windows Vista Home
Premium so I could actually get access to the locations and files I needed to
(I'm an advanced user and a programmer, so I don't need to be nannied by the
stupid - *stupid, stupid, stupid* - security system).

I used the administrator account for a while and everything was fine until
one day I was greeted with the message that "my user profile didn't load
correctly, and I'd been logged onto a temporary account". It then also told
me to seek help from my administrator(!?!?!??!)

I cannot find any way to actually fix the administrator account, and normal
"administrator" accounts don't do the trick as they're really NOT
administrator accounts (I mean, seriously - WTF!?), so can someone from
Microsoft please tell me how to sort this out short of launching the PC
carrying this truly awful piece of software straight out of the highest
window I can find...?

How do I fix the actual administrator account???

Aaaaaarrrrrrgggghhhhh!!!!!!

 

[Rick Rogers]

Re: Administrator Account broken in Vista Home Premium.

Hi,

You probably won't like this answer, but I'll send it anyways.

What you likely have is a corrupted user account, generally this is not
recoverable unless you have an image backup. The "true" administrator
account was not meant for day to day use, it is there as a failsafe to be
used when no other options are available. When a userprofile has been
corrupted, the solution is to create a new account and migrate the user's
files to it. Since you weren't using a standard user or user admin account,
you're basically out of luck beyond reinstalling. To put it another way,
you've bent the master key. Since you used it instead of a replica, you left
yourself no way of getting into the house beyond breaking the lock.

Incidentally, a user admin account can easily be added to system permission
sets, and with uac disabled you would be able to operate unfettered by the
nags.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"S7ARBVCK" <S7ARBVCK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C80B4FB0-9C41-46FE-B0BF-1F19053BD0AF@microsoft.com...
>I activated the Administrator account on my OEM install of Windows Vista
>Home
> Premium so I could actually get access to the locations and files I needed
> to
> (I'm an advanced user and a programmer, so I don't need to be nannied by
> the
> stupid - *stupid, stupid, stupid* - security system).
>
> I used the administrator account for a while and everything was fine until
> one day I was greeted with the message that "my user profile didn't load
> correctly, and I'd been logged onto a temporary account". It then also
> told
> me to seek help from my administrator(!?!?!??!)
>
> I cannot find any way to actually fix the administrator account, and
> normal
> "administrator" accounts don't do the trick as they're really NOT
> administrator accounts (I mean, seriously - WTF!?), so can someone from
> Microsoft please tell me how to sort this out short of launching the PC
> carrying this truly awful piece of software straight out of the highest
> window I can find...?
>
> How do I fix the actual administrator account???
>
> Aaaaaarrrrrrgggghhhhh!!!!!!

 

[Leonard Grey]

RE: Administrator Account broken in Vista Home Premium.

"Advanced User"
I'd say that you're plain DUMB.
--
---
Leonard Grey
Errare Humanum Est



"S7ARBVCK" wrote:

> I activated the Administrator account on my OEM install of Windows Vista Home
> Premium so I could actually get access to the locations and files I needed to
> (I'm an advanced user and a programmer, so I don't need to be nannied by the
> stupid - *stupid, stupid, stupid* - security system).
>
> I used the administrator account for a while and everything was fine until
> one day I was greeted with the message that "my user profile didn't load
> correctly, and I'd been logged onto a temporary account". It then also told
> me to seek help from my administrator(!?!?!??!)
>
> I cannot find any way to actually fix the administrator account, and normal
> "administrator" accounts don't do the trick as they're really NOT
> administrator accounts (I mean, seriously - WTF!?), so can someone from
> Microsoft please tell me how to sort this out short of launching the PC
> carrying this truly awful piece of software straight out of the highest
> window I can find...?
>
> How do I fix the actual administrator account???
>
> Aaaaaarrrrrrgggghhhhh!!!!!!

 

[S7ARBVCK]

RE: Administrator Account broken in Vista Home Premium.

Whatever. I don't think I'm alone when I say that a major corporation like
Microsoft releasing a completely bugged and security locked-down piece of
software like Vista is dumb.

I shouldn't have to spend ages trying to research how to "trick" the system
into giving me full admin rights - if my user is an administrator, it should
be just that, AN ADMINISTRATOR!

And "just plain DUMB" is the best you can come up with? Get a grip, you
utter, utter freakish loser. You'll be starting to say things to me like
"n00b" next. You do realise there's a world outside your bedroom at Mom's,
right?

Vista is a 110% step backward from XP - there's no doubt about it.

"Leonard Grey" wrote:

> "Advanced User"
> I'd say that you're plain DUMB.
> --
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare Humanum Est
>
>
>
> "S7ARBVCK" wrote:
>
> > I activated the Administrator account on my OEM install of Windows Vista Home
> > Premium so I could actually get access to the locations and files I needed to
> > (I'm an advanced user and a programmer, so I don't need to be nannied by the
> > stupid - *stupid, stupid, stupid* - security system).
> >
> > I used the administrator account for a while and everything was fine until
> > one day I was greeted with the message that "my user profile didn't load
> > correctly, and I'd been logged onto a temporary account". It then also told
> > me to seek help from my administrator(!?!?!??!)
> >
> > I cannot find any way to actually fix the administrator account, and normal
> > "administrator" accounts don't do the trick as they're really NOT
> > administrator accounts (I mean, seriously - WTF!?), so can someone from
> > Microsoft please tell me how to sort this out short of launching the PC
> > carrying this truly awful piece of software straight out of the highest
> > window I can find...?
> >
> > How do I fix the actual administrator account???
> >
> > Aaaaaarrrrrrgggghhhhh!!!!!!

 

[Leonard Grey]

RE: Administrator Account broken in Vista Home Premium.

If the cap fits, wear it "nOOb"

http://www.computerperformance.co.u...ta_Administrator_-_Super_User_(Hidden_Account
--
This should help you out, DUMBO.
And you are ADVANCED user, AND a programmer.
Work for UBUNTU, do you, lol?

And you can't tell ME anything about XP, that I don't already know!
I practically carry the XP Newsgroups.
We are sick of TROLLS here, "nOOb"
--
---
Leonard Grey
Errare Humanum Est



"S7ARBVCK" wrote:

> Whatever. I don't think I'm alone when I say that a major corporation like
> Microsoft releasing a completely bugged and security locked-down piece of
> software like Vista is dumb.
>
> I shouldn't have to spend ages trying to research how to "trick" the system
> into giving me full admin rights - if my user is an administrator, it should
> be just that, AN ADMINISTRATOR!
>
> And "just plain DUMB" is the best you can come up with? Get a grip, you
> utter, utter freakish loser. You'll be starting to say things to me like
> "n00b" next. You do realise there's a world outside your bedroom at Mom's,
> right?
>
> Vista is a 110% step backward from XP - there's no doubt about it.
>
> "Leonard Grey" wrote:
>
> > "Advanced User"
> > I'd say that you're plain DUMB.
> > --
> > ---
> > Leonard Grey
> > Errare Humanum Est
> >
> >
> >
> > "S7ARBVCK" wrote:
> >
> > > I activated the Administrator account on my OEM install of Windows Vista Home
> > > Premium so I could actually get access to the locations and files I needed to
> > > (I'm an advanced user and a programmer, so I don't need to be nannied by the
> > > stupid - *stupid, stupid, stupid* - security system).
> > >
> > > I used the administrator account for a while and everything was fine until
> > > one day I was greeted with the message that "my user profile didn't load
> > > correctly, and I'd been logged onto a temporary account". It then also told
> > > me to seek help from my administrator(!?!?!??!)
> > >
> > > I cannot find any way to actually fix the administrator account, and normal
> > > "administrator" accounts don't do the trick as they're really NOT
> > > administrator accounts (I mean, seriously - WTF!?), so can someone from
> > > Microsoft please tell me how to sort this out short of launching the PC
> > > carrying this truly awful piece of software straight out of the highest
> > > window I can find...?
> > >
> > > How do I fix the actual administrator account???
> > >
> > > Aaaaaarrrrrrgggghhhhh!!!!!!

 

[Kerry Brown]

Re: Administrator Account broken in Vista Home Premium.

Use System Restore to return to a point before the problem or restore from a
backup you took before the problem occurred. There is a reason why the
Administrator account is disabled by default. It is to be used as a back
door when you run into problems like this.

--
Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
http://vistahelpca.blogspot.com/




"S7ARBVCK" <S7ARBVCK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C80B4FB0-9C41-46FE-B0BF-1F19053BD0AF@microsoft.com...
>I activated the Administrator account on my OEM install of Windows Vista
>Home
> Premium so I could actually get access to the locations and files I needed
> to
> (I'm an advanced user and a programmer, so I don't need to be nannied by
> the
> stupid - *stupid, stupid, stupid* - security system).
>
> I used the administrator account for a while and everything was fine until
> one day I was greeted with the message that "my user profile didn't load
> correctly, and I'd been logged onto a temporary account". It then also
> told
> me to seek help from my administrator(!?!?!??!)
>
> I cannot find any way to actually fix the administrator account, and
> normal
> "administrator" accounts don't do the trick as they're really NOT
> administrator accounts (I mean, seriously - WTF!?), so can someone from
> Microsoft please tell me how to sort this out short of launching the PC
> carrying this truly awful piece of software straight out of the highest
> window I can find...?
>
> How do I fix the actual administrator account???
>
> Aaaaaarrrrrrgggghhhhh!!!!!!

 

[c]

Re: Administrator Account broken in Vista Home Premium.

On Oct 16, 5:19 am, S7ARBVCK <S7ARB...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> Whatever. I don't think I'm alone when I say that a major corporation like
> Microsoft releasing a completely bugged and security locked-down piece of
> software like Vista is dumb.
>
> I shouldn't have to spend ages trying to research how to "trick" the system
> into giving me full admin rights - if my user is an administrator, it should
> be just that, AN ADMINISTRATOR!
>
> And "just plain DUMB" is the best you can come up with? Get a grip, you
> utter, utter freakish loser. You'll be starting to say things to me like
> "n00b" next. You do realise there's a world outside your bedroom at Mom's,
> right?
>
> Vista is a 110% step backward from XP - there's no doubt about it.
>
> "Leonard Grey" wrote:
> > "Advanced User"
> > I'd say that you're plain DUMB.
> > --
> > ---
> > Leonard Grey
> > Errare Humanum Est
>
> > "S7ARBVCK" wrote:
>
> > > I activated the Administrator account on my OEM install of Windows Vista Home
> > > Premium so I could actually get access to the locations and files I needed to
> > > (I'm an advanced user and a programmer, so I don't need to be nannied by the
> > > stupid - *stupid, stupid, stupid* - security system).
>
> > > I used the administrator account for a while and everything was fine until
> > > one day I was greeted with the message that "my user profile didn't load
> > > correctly, and I'd been logged onto a temporary account". It then also told
> > > me to seek help from my administrator(!?!?!??!)
>
> > > I cannot find any way to actually fix the administrator account, and normal
> > > "administrator" accounts don't do the trick as they're really NOT
> > > administrator accounts (I mean, seriously - WTF!?), so can someone from
> > > Microsoft please tell me how to sort this out short of launching the PC
> > > carrying this truly awful piece of software straight out of the highest
> > > window I can find...?
>
> > > How do I fix the actual administrator account???
>
> > > Aaaaaarrrrrrgggghhhhh!!!!!!

AMEN!

Administrator means ADMINISTRATOR!!! why is that so hard for vista to
understand.

c

 

[Mr. Arnold]

Re: Administrator Account broken in Vista Home Premium.

S7ARBVCK wrote:
> I activated the Administrator account on my OEM install of Windows Vista Home
> Premium so I could actually get access to the locations and files I needed to
> (I'm an advanced user and a programmer, so I don't need to be nannied by the
> stupid - *stupid, stupid, stupid* - security system).
>
> I used the administrator account for a while and everything was fine until
> one day I was greeted with the message that "my user profile didn't load
> correctly, and I'd been logged onto a temporary account". It then also told
> me to seek help from my administrator(!?!?!??!)
>
> I cannot find any way to actually fix the administrator account, and normal
> "administrator" accounts don't do the trick as they're really NOT
> administrator accounts (I mean, seriously - WTF!?), so can someone from
> Microsoft please tell me how to sort this out short of launching the PC
> carrying this truly awful piece of software straight out of the highest
> window I can find...?
>
> How do I fix the actual administrator account???
>
> Aaaaaarrrrrrgggghhhhh!!!!!!

You can contact MS via email of contact the manufacture if it's an OEM
version.

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/techsupport/default.mspx

When you get it sorted, you should make a back-up user/admin account.

 

[peter]

Re: Administrator Account broken in Vista Home Premium.

Leonard Grey wrote:
> If the cap fits, wear it "nOOb"
>
> http://www.computerperformance.co.u...ta_Administrator_-_Super_User_(Hidden_Account
hi,
I am a newbie. but I have questions on this topic as my laptop had an
Administrator account when I got it. I did create a user and that user
is who I logon as.

I tried what the link above says to do E.G. search for "secpol.msc" to
bring up the local security policies window but what comes up is dosnet,
a plain text file which looked like I should not be in so I searched for
secpol.ms and this came up (2 actually) secpol.ms_. when I tried to
open these, vista said it didnt know how to open it and did I want to
search the web for a program to open it with...I have not done that as I
dont know what is wrong with what I am doing.

hints?

peter

 

[Tom Lake]

Re: Administrator Account broken in Vista Home Premium.



"peter" <pm@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:M8KJk.3355$D32.2405@flpi146.ffdc.sbc.com...
> Leonard Grey wrote:
>> If the cap fits, wear it "nOOb"
>>
>> http://www.computerperformance.co.u...ta_Administrator_-_Super_User_(Hidden_Account
> hi,
> I am a newbie. but I have questions on this topic as my laptop had an
> Administrator account when I got it. I did create a user and that user is who I
> logon as.
>
> I tried what the link above says to do E.G. search for "secpol.msc" to bring up the
> local security policies window but what comes up is dosnet, a plain text file which
> looked like I should not be in so I searched for secpol.ms and this came up (2
> actually) secpol.ms_. when I tried to open these, vista said it didnt know how to
> open it and did I want to search the web for a program to open it with...I have not
> done that as I dont know what is wrong with what I am doing.
>
> hints?

The full filename should be secpol.msc. If you're running one of the
Home versions, you don't have the Security Policy Editor.

Tom Lake