My administrator account has been demoted to a guest account

Hello

MS Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP2
All the latest updates and hotfixes applied
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
4 GB OF RAM

I went to uninstall a program, a couple of days, and when they the UAC confirmation to enter a password, I could just click Cancel (OK is grayed and he had nowhere to type a password). I reset the computer, the same question. I checked my user account under control panel > user accounts and noticed that under my username, he said I was using a guest account (!). Problem is that this has always been an administrator account.

I went to control panel > administrative tools > computer management > local users and groups > users to check what was going on with the account. On the Member tab, it says that the only group I'm in is the debugger users. If I check that guests belonging to a group, only the default account of comments is a member.

I reset the computer, press F8, and returned in the mode of repair to the system restore a few days ago. This solves nothing, so I restored in a week - the time I can be absolutely sure that I have confirmed successfully an action with the UAC as a system administrator. Still no resolution.

Accounts administrator and guest of default have been disabled when I bought the computer and never allowed them. As I was alone in the debugger and not to the Administrators group users group, I created only ever this one account - so even in repair mode, I can't log in as an administrator to change the setting of user for this account group.

Anyway to get this account to a point where user accounts see Computer Management snap-in see, it is to say, that I am NOT a member of the guest, but rather a member of the debugger user group (which I'm lead to believe is a notch below a hand full admin)?

Thanks for your help.

Hi shehaal,.

Thank you for using the Microsoft answers Forum.

The built-in Administrator account is disabled by default in Vista.

However, if no other administrative accounts exist on the system it can be activated.

If this is the case, you will see an icon for the administrator on the homescreen mode without failure.

Sign in and then go to control panel > user accounts and change the account type.

You can also try to create a new user account with privileges that the user account is damaged and check if the problem persists.

Follow the link that talks about how to create a new account below:

Create a new user account:

1. click on the Start button and then click Control Panel.

2. click on classic view in the left panel.

3. double click on user accounts.

4. click on manage another account to use.

5. click on create a new account, and then type the name.

6. choose the type of account as an administrator of the computer.

7. click on create account.

8. log off and log on with the new account.

If the problem occurs, don't use this profile instead of the problem. Follow the steps below to transfer personal data.

User profile of transfer:

1. log on as the new user account (make sure that the user account has administrator privileges).

2. click on the start menu, and then click computer.

3. click the button hold in the upper left corner and choose folder and Search Options.

4. on the view tab, check "Show the hidden files and folders" and click OK to save the settings.

5. navigate to the folder C:\Users\(old user name).

Note: The "old username" is the username of your old account. For example, if your old account user name is 'Larry', the folder must be C:\Users\Larry.

((5 copy all the files and folders in the C:\Users\(old folder user name) in the folder C:\Users\(new user name).

Note: To copy all of the files, we can press Ctrl + A, then Ctrl + C in the folder C:\Users\(old user name). Then, navigate to the C:\Users\(new folder user name), click Ctrl + V. Replace with new files.

You can also try scan SFC:

The System File Checker tool analyzes the system files and replaces incorrect versions of system files by using the correct versions.

To run the System File Checker tool, follow these steps:

1. Click Start and type cmd in the box start the search.

2. right click on cmd in the list programs and then click Run as administrator.

If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type your password or click on continue

3. at the command prompt, the following line, and then press ENTER:

sfc/scannow

4. hit enter.

The SFC scan should replace the corrupt files.

I hope this helps you, good luck.

Kind regards
Manasa P-Microsoft Support.

Tags: Windows

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