My Admin account has been taken over

buffboy · May 20, 2008

Hi everyone....

please help me....my partner has taken control of my admin account and has locked me out of my computer...

z3r010 · May 20, 2008

Maybe this will help:- http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/102005-reset-user-account-password.html

buffboy · May 20, 2008

Thanks...but i received a....access denied answer. The partner placed the spyware WEB WATCHER on the laptop.

SCSIraidGURU · May 20, 2008

Who owns the laptop? If you, tell your partner to remove the locking software. You could file a police report for computer tampering.

Brink · May 20, 2008

In the worse case situation, you can always boot from the Vista installation DVD or recovery partition and reinstall Vista before or after you whack your partner with the laptop.

Shawn

Chappy · May 21, 2008

Brink said:
In the worse case situation, you can always boot from the Vista installation DVD or recovery partition and reinstall Vista before or after you whack your partner with the laptop.

Shawn

Nah, don't follow Brink's advice....that's awfully hard on laptops, they don't take a hard knock as well as a 5lb sledge hammer does...

Seriously now, just who the Heck does your partner think he is?
Like SCSIraidGURU said, who owns this laptop, you or him...or is it communally owned? Because if he had Administrative Rights on that laptop, he definitely can lower the rights on your account and lock you out of it if he wants to, and then you have to work it out with him or reinstall and break his fingers.

buffboy · May 21, 2008

ok....my shame is exposed....it is MY laptop...he had his own account there with admin rights...and yes he has lowered my rights and moved the admin account ...i believe it is SYSTEMS

thanks
everyone

the next drink is on me...or maybe two...:-)

buffboy · May 21, 2008

hey everyone....

what kind of info must i supply you...example...system info of laptop(my laptop)...the tower and laptop of my partner...router ...

j

Chappy · May 21, 2008

Really, there's not much you can do unless your...(ahem).."Partner", can work things out and he restores your admin status.
I like Brink's advice actually. Save whatever you can that you have access too, boot the DVD and reinstall Vista, and this time DO NOT give your partner an account of any kind.

SCSIraidGURU · May 22, 2008

Reinstall the OS and lock your partner completely out of the laptop and your house.

buffboy · May 22, 2008

Good Morning Everyone....

well i have no problem with loosing all my data...there is nothing on the computer....i do not use if for work...but i am very curious to see how much i can do and change...and i need some direction...the partner told me to go to ********...i did and there is a download to crack the admin password...(****)..my question is this...is it only for the admin or any user name i put in....i am sure it is SYSTEM that is the admin now...i have gone into the registry_currentuser....and have one by one seen what has been changed and what is recorded...so i have a good list of all the names he has used....he has that info of my search also...and every search since april....

Information Removed by Brink
Your personal information and hacking link was removed.

the name of my pc....jonathan -PC default print:MSXPS doucnmentWriter

this is just some of the info i have....can you explain it all to me and i some kind of order.

thanks...am i up to 3 beers yet:-)

SCSIraidGURU · May 22, 2008

System account is not the administrator of your workstation. System is used by services to enable them on startup. By default Administrator is disabled in Vista.

Tell your partner to give you the password or pack and leave. You will be contacting the police about computer tampering.

I would reinstall Vista. This time enforce password login. Make sure its a strong password. Don't user proper names. Follow the Microsoft rule using

Capital letter
Small letter
special character
number

Ak47$fH.

Don't add any other account. Once done. Tell your partner to take a long hike off a short peir. I would get rid of him.

Brink · May 22, 2008

buffboy said:
Good Morning Everyone....

well i have no problem with loosing all my data...there is nothing on the computer....i do not use if for work...but i am very curious to see how much i can do and change...and i need some direction...the partner told me to go to ********...i did and there is a download to crack the admin password...(****)..my question is this...is it only for the admin or any user name i put in....i am sure it is SYSTEM that is the admin now...i have gone into the registry_currentuser....and have one by one seen what has been changed and what is recorded...so i have a good list of all the names he has used....he has that info of my search also...and every search since april....

Information Removed by Brink
Your personal information and hacking link was removed.

the name of my pc....jonathan -PC default print:MSXPS doucnmentWriter

this is just some of the info i have....can you explain it all to me and i some kind of order.

thanks...am i up to 3 beers yet:-)

Hi Jonathan,

Please do not post anything about hacking into your computer. The procedures you are wanting to do are illegal. Your best option would be to reinstall and maybe what SCSIraidGURU posted about your Partner above.

Sorry,

Shawn

buffboy · May 22, 2008

hello...

i understand...sorry guys...will take care of it now

jonathan

Brink · May 22, 2008

No problem Jonathan. I hope you get your problem sorted out with your partner and that everything will be ok afterwards.

Shawn

buffboy · May 24, 2008

I would like to see and learn more on admin responsibilities...such as the commands and options available to save data. If i end up reinstalling vista that is ok...but i want to try something just to learn more on what i can do with my operating system...this is more indepth than i have experience before

I believe you sense i wan to hack into his computer...no...not into that...what i want is to get back into mine and learn how my partner was able to completely lock me out....one of the problem i have with this is that the spyware starts when i open the computer...i can only sign on his account and...i can not believe he would leave the disc drive available to me...if not available could i add a floppy drive and change the boot sequence to boot up...my best friend has the same laptop so i can make a boot disc and copy it to a floppy...any thoughts on this

SCSIraidGURU · May 24, 2008

He accessed your computer with your password, install an app, created a new account and changed your right. Best security is not allow anyone access to the physical computer. This is why server rooms are locked and only authorized users can get in.

Vista Backup and Restore does a backup to external drives, CD, and DVD. I was not happy they removed tape drives. You can backup just data or the entire computer.

You can manually copy files to an external drive, CD, or DVD.

I use an expensive method. I backup to three tape drives using Veritas Backup Exec 12 and a remote agent for Vista x64 Ultimate. This cost me about $4000. I can backup 3.3 GB/min to tape. I have five sets of tapes. I rotate them. The tapes are stored in a safe. When I travel overseas, one set goes to the server room at work and one set to my friends house. I have all my workgroup computers backed up to tape. I usually backup 2x a week.

dmex · May 25, 2008

Hi Buffboy,

Did you download that boot-disk software (no names thanks) That I mentioned to you last week for resetting the admin password? It can save yourself and everyone here giving you lots of useless infomation and recovery options when this boot-disk does exactly what you wanted.

Steven

buffboy said:
I would like to see and learn more on admin responsibilities...such as the commands and options available to save data. If i end up reinstalling vista that is ok...but i want to try something just to learn more on what i can do with my operating system...this is more indepth than i have experience before

I believe you sense i wan to hack into his computer...no...not into that...what i want is to get back into mine and learn how my partner was able to completely lock me out....one of the problem i have with this is that the spyware starts when i open the computer...i can only sign on his account and...i can not believe he would leave the disc drive available to me...if not available could i add a floppy drive and change the boot sequence to boot up...my best friend has the same laptop so i can make a boot disc and copy it to a floppy...any thoughts on this

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