Cloned drive with Ghost now I seem to have lost administrator

My C drive was filled, so I used Norton Ghost to create a clone on a drive about 10 times bigger.  The first time I booted up the startup failed.  I used the windows disk to fix... started startup items and seems to work fine.

It seems thiere is a matter of being an administrator.  A few programs, Quickbooks simple start will especially not worka nd won't let me install a new version told me I don't have permission.

I have the windows disc and it is a copy of licenced on this computer.  I have just relead windows again?  I lose my data?

Hi paulkpetersen,

Try to take possession of a disc and check whether the problem is resolved.

To take ownership of a drive:

1. click on the drive that you want to take control and then click Properties.
2. click on the Security tab, click Advanced, and then click the owner tab.
3. click on modify.  If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
4. click on the name of the person you want to give to the property.
5. If you want this person to be the owner of the files and subfolders in this folder, select the Replace owner of subcontainers and objects to check.
6. click on OK.

If this does not work, I suggest you turn on the built in user account and check the type of the user account.

Try to change the type of user account to administrator of built in check and UAC if the issue is resolved.

In Windows Vista, the built-in Administrator account is disabled by default. In previous versions of Windows, an administrator account was created automatically during Out-of-Box-Experience (OOBE) with a blank password.

An account administrator with a blank password is a security risk. To better protect the system, the built-in Administrator account is disabled by default in all new installations and upgrades of Windows Vista.

HOW to: Enable the build-in the administrator account in Windows Vista
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/555910

You can create a new user account by following the instructions in the link below, if she works built in the user account.

Difficulty of a corrupted user profile
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/fix-a-corrupted-user-profile

Please post back and let us know if it helped to solve your problem.

Kind regards
KarthiK TP

Tags: Windows

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