How do I log in as the administrator?

bigbluf

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Any help would be appreciated! I've never worked with Vista before and as a new help desk tech I need to be able to log into users PC as the admin and cannot figure out how! The client is another PC on my domain. I don't believe I have remote access at this time. I could do it on XP and am lost here. I have my user/password so thats not the problem (dumb, not that dumb). I just don't want to get in trouble on my first day
 

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To log in as the administrator, you must enable the account.

to do that type this in a command prompt

Code:
net user Administrator /active:yes

after that you can go to the login screen and log into the administrator account :)

EDIT: If you forgot the administrator password you can set a new one by typing
Code:
net user Administrator *
in the command prompt.
NOTE: this only works if your account is a member of the administrator group (has admin privileges)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Packard Bell BV EasyNote SB87
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz
    Motherboard
    Intel Crestline-PM PM965
    Memory
    2x 2 GB DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT (512 MB)
    Sound Card
    Intel 82801HBM ICH8M
    Monitor(s) Displays
    AU Optronics B170PW03 [17" LCD]
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    2x Seagate Momentus 7200RPM 200GB
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