You should now go delete Narrator.exe and rename back to Narrator.exe - otherwise you have a gaping hole in your system's security. You could also use the advanced user control panel ( control userpasswords2) or the Microsoft Management Console snap-in ( lusrmgr.msc). ![]() You can run the net user commands from here. You can open 'Narrator' there, which will give you a command prompt running as the SYSTEM user account (above any Administrator account, SYSTEM is a closer equivalent of the *nix root) On the login screen, there should be an ease of access panel on the bottom left. If on the Windows DVD, copy cmd.exe Narrator.exeīoot into the Windows installation. Rename Narrator.exe to (create a backup, so you can restore later) If you use the Windows DVD, press Shift+ F10 to get a command promptįigure out which drive the Windows installation sits on. There's many Linux Live CDs that can do that, and the Windows DVD works too. However, there is another option that involves giving yourself an elevated command prompt running as SYSTEM on the login screen.īoot from any other OS that can write to a NTFS drive without issues. On Windows 8? I haven't figured out how yet. ![]() ![]() On Windows 7, this could be done from the DVD based repair mode. ![]() On the off chance that the upgrade/domain actually set a local admin password, you can reset it with net user administrator *, which will then prompt you for a password (or net user administrator, which will not confirm the password). You can do this through the command prompt: net user administrator /active:yes The built-in administrator account is disabled by default and must be enabled before use.
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