Help with Admin account in Win7

hi all,

I am having Win7 with sole admin account which was working absolutely fine.Recently I opened a guest account with some parental restrictions for child to play in the system. Now I feel , I went a bit overboard and tweaked the system attributes for accessing all the drives. Now I am aghast, I cannot
(1) Access C:
(2) write or delete data in any of the drives --->even as an administrator

please help

How can I obtain admin privileges on my Windows 7 PC?

maybe this will help you

snap said:
How can I obtain admin privileges on my Windows 7 PC?

maybe this will help you

Thanks snap for the prompt reply. But I am unable to execute the commands for want of administrative rights

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one more weird problem , I noticed now . After every start-up, a dialogue box pops up and says that "windows cannot find"3456" (or some four digit number) , make sure that you spelled it correctly" :-x

Post list of start up programmes.

Regarding the access issue, did you try taking ownership?

Also do tell how did you enable restrictions as it will help in probing.

dashing.sujay said:
Post list of start up programmes.

I'm unable

dashing.sujay said:
Regarding the access issue, did you try taking ownership?

Also do tell how did you enable restrictions as it will help in probing.

I went to each drive --> right click--> security--> permissions for Authenticated users --> disabled all except read

W

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/software-q/173351-urgent-locked-out-files-folders-win-7-help.html

whitestar_999 said:
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/software-q/173351-urgent-locked-out-files-folders-win-7-help.html

but I cant even access C:

W

you can login into windows,right?just right-click any drive & try to open securities tab.if you are an admin then even if you have no access you will be offered the option to take ownership of any folder/drive.

*i.imgur.com/VMQEpsl.jpg

this is what I get

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*i.imgur.com/rfjIry5.jpg[/URL]

whats this??

Why can't you access msconfig?

dashing.sujay said:
Why can't you access msconfig?

"not having the appropriate permissions to access the item"

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now, I managed to log into safe mode and made all the drives accessible but C

Try creating another admin account and then change the permission from that one.

hareesh said:
"not having the appropriate permissions to access the item"

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now, I managed to log into safe mode and made all the drives accessible but C

What steps you did for taking ownership of the folders/Drives ??

SaiyanGoku said:
Try creating another admin account and then change the permission from that one.

How?

gameranand said:
What steps you did for taking ownership of the folders/Drives ??

Tried this command in Cmd prompt (safe Mode)--->>

user administrator /active:yes

No use !

hareesh said:
How?

Use HBCD to reset/remove the password and then create another admin account from windows

Resetting Windows Password | HBCD Fan & Discussion Platform

SaiyanGoku said:
Use HBCD to reset/remove the password and then create another admin account from windows

Resetting Windows Password | HBCD Fan & Discussion Platform

Thanks Bro.

So I have to download this and burn it as a bootable disc?

umm..so thats it !?. There is no way around?

hareesh said:
Thanks Bro.

So I have to download this and burn it as a bootable disc?

umm..so thats it !?. There is no way around?

You can create a bootable USB stick and then follow the same procedure.