Windows 7 Admin account is gone. No Admin even in Safe Mode. windows 7

Confused as Carolyn · Apr 24, 2016

Hi,

I recently got a new Lenovo desktop, Windows 7 Professional, loaded by the supplier, so I don't have a disk. I wanted to turn off the log on screen, and somehow I have completely deleted the Admin account. I have tried everything Dr Google says, but it all leads to admin needing password screen, but there is nowhere to type a password, and the yes button is disabled. Restore leads to this, Run As Admin leads to this, everything leads to this.

Now before anyone says open in Safe mode, I have done that, and there are 2 accounts - desktop (which I called my account, and is a standard account) and User. Neither will open even though I use the password for "Desktop" that opens it in normal start up mode. There IS NO ADMIN account. In normal mode there is only Desktop", with no Admin rights. I hope someone can help please.

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kemical · Apr 25, 2016

Confused as Carolyn said:
Thanks holdum333, at least I knew what to expect! So restore is done, thanks very much kemical, all is ok again, and I now know how to set up restore points the same way.
now to tackle the original issue that got me in this mess! Thanks people!

Your welcome Carolyn, glad to hear your issue is resolved.

You originally got the issue because you wanted to hide the log-in screen yes?

Here's how you do it:

Right click on the start icon and from the list choose 'Run' and type:
netplwiz
Press ok and you'll see a box appear.

Under the 'Users' tab uncheck the box which says 'Users must enter a username and password to use this computer' and click ok. You will see another box appear in where you can store the username and password. Once...

Confused as Carolyn · Apr 25, 2016

Thanks holdum333, at least I knew what to expect! So restore is done, thanks very much kemical, all is ok again, and I now know how to set up restore points the same way.
now to tackle the original issue that got me in this mess! Thanks people!

holdum333 · Apr 25, 2016

Your very welcome! Now spend a little time learning how to create a image back up of your OS with a 3rd party image program.
Next time you have this problem, just restore back to the time you created the image.

I'm happy it worked out for you. Click on my signature.

kemical · Apr 25, 2016

Confused as Carolyn said:
Thanks holdum333, at least I knew what to expect! So restore is done, thanks very much kemical, all is ok again, and I now know how to set up restore points the same way.
now to tackle the original issue that got me in this mess! Thanks people!

Your welcome Carolyn, glad to hear your issue is resolved.

You originally got the issue because you wanted to hide the log-in screen yes?

Here's how you do it:

Right click on the start icon and from the list choose 'Run' and type:
netplwiz
Press ok and you'll see a box appear.

Under the 'Users' tab uncheck the box which says 'Users must enter a username and password to use this computer' and click ok. You will see another box appear in where you can store the username and password. Once completed click ok and reboot. You will find that you now boot straight to desktop.
Obviously this removes a level of security as access to your machine is unhindered so be careful.

Any problems post back.

Confused as Carolyn · May 20, 2016

Thanks, but all I needed to do was OPEN MY EYES! On the screensaver settings I looked too far for the box to uncheck "On resume, display logon screen." Finally found it and all is good. Thanks people.

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