Re: Windows Vista Upgrade UAC issue

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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org

Allen wrote:
> Ok short and sweet on this. I did the Express Upgrade. 98% Unattended
> installation. Only options I was presented with was with certain drivers
> being updated. Which according to the instructions provided I was told not
> to as it would be updated upon completion of the upgrade. When all was
> said
> and done with, the only administrative account (disabled by default now)
> is
> no longer able to log on even in safe mode. I was under the impression it
> would keep it enabled if it was the only one and not connected to a
> domain.
> But this isnt the case for some reason.
>
> Since I was never presented with the option of creating a reset disk/disc,
> I
> dont have a way that I am aware of to get in with Administrative rights to
> create another admin account for creating new accounts.
>
> When I try to create an account with the standard user account that I can
> log on with, I get an error about using special characters as a user name
> even though I am not using special characters. Alpha and numeric are
> interpreted as special characters even though it displays exactly as I
> typed
> it.
>
> Any ideas on this one? Any and all help would be appreciated.

The only thing I can really say is to reinstall windows mate sorry but you
got yourself in a real bad mess there .

"PA Bear" wrote:

> Forwarded to microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup newsgroup via
> crosspost.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
> AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org
>
> Allen wrote:
> > Ok short and sweet on this. I did the Express Upgrade. 98% Unattended
> > installation. Only options I was presented with was with certain drivers
> > being updated. Which according to the instructions provided I was told not
> > to as it would be updated upon completion of the upgrade. When all was
> > said
> > and done with, the only administrative account (disabled by default now)
> > is
> > no longer able to log on even in safe mode. I was under the impression it
> > would keep it enabled if it was the only one and not connected to a
> > domain.
> > But this isnt the case for some reason.
> >
> > Since I was never presented with the option of creating a reset disk/disc,
> > I
> > dont have a way that I am aware of to get in with Administrative rights to
> > create another admin account for creating new accounts.
> >
> > When I try to create an account with the standard user account that I can
> > log on with, I get an error about using special characters as a user name
> > even though I am not using special characters. Alpha and numeric are
> > interpreted as special characters even though it displays exactly as I
> > typed
> > it.
> >
> > Any ideas on this one? Any and all help would be appreciated.
>
>