Hey everyone, I'm new to the forum, but I have a very pressing issue with my windows 7 laptop. It is a HP DV7 Entertainment PC. It is a little more than three years old (i think).
Anyway. So here's the issue:
Recently, I was going through my Registry on my personal account. On my computer I have two different accounts. One for me, which has admin privileges, while the other is a standard account, that I let my family use.
When I was in my registry, I noticed that the username for my account under Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SAM\SAM\Domains\Account\Users\Names was different from the one on my directory. The name shown when I log into Windows is my first name, however the directory name (the same one for the registry) is a nickname of mine.
So what I wanted to do was to make name under the registry (and hopefully the one under the directory the same), so I renamed the Key Name to the name shown when I log on.
Afterwards, I logged off my computer, and when I got to the Logon Screen, my account, the one with admin privileges, was not there. Only the second account, the standard.
I have longed on to the standard account, and tried to rename the registry key back to the original name, however, I don't have admin privileges, and I am unable to do so.
Normally, I would have just restored my registry to an earlier time, using a registry backup from a couple days ago, however, those we all saved under the documents of my admin account, which I can not access through the standard account.
I know that if I could somehow get access to the files in my old, admin account, I would be able to fix my problem. But I don't know how to get admin privileges on a standard account without administrative privileges.
I cannot do a clean swipe of my hard drive. I have really important and personal documents that I have not backed up because of lack of time.
Also whenever I try to access admin privileges on the standard account, I get a prompt that says "to continue, type an administrator password, and then click Yes," However, in the place of a box, it says, "Fingerprint, scan an enrolled finger on the fingerprint scanner" The problem is, I was having trouble with my fingerprint scanner drivers, so I have no biometric device on my computer, and because I have a standard account, I don't download and install one,
I REALLY REALLY NEED YOU HELP GUYS!
Anyway. So here's the issue:
Recently, I was going through my Registry on my personal account. On my computer I have two different accounts. One for me, which has admin privileges, while the other is a standard account, that I let my family use.
When I was in my registry, I noticed that the username for my account under Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SAM\SAM\Domains\Account\Users\Names was different from the one on my directory. The name shown when I log into Windows is my first name, however the directory name (the same one for the registry) is a nickname of mine.
So what I wanted to do was to make name under the registry (and hopefully the one under the directory the same), so I renamed the Key Name to the name shown when I log on.
Afterwards, I logged off my computer, and when I got to the Logon Screen, my account, the one with admin privileges, was not there. Only the second account, the standard.
I have longed on to the standard account, and tried to rename the registry key back to the original name, however, I don't have admin privileges, and I am unable to do so.
Normally, I would have just restored my registry to an earlier time, using a registry backup from a couple days ago, however, those we all saved under the documents of my admin account, which I can not access through the standard account.
I know that if I could somehow get access to the files in my old, admin account, I would be able to fix my problem. But I don't know how to get admin privileges on a standard account without administrative privileges.
I cannot do a clean swipe of my hard drive. I have really important and personal documents that I have not backed up because of lack of time.
Also whenever I try to access admin privileges on the standard account, I get a prompt that says "to continue, type an administrator password, and then click Yes," However, in the place of a box, it says, "Fingerprint, scan an enrolled finger on the fingerprint scanner" The problem is, I was having trouble with my fingerprint scanner drivers, so I have no biometric device on my computer, and because I have a standard account, I don't download and install one,
I REALLY REALLY NEED YOU HELP GUYS!
