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This is the beauty of a file system called NTFS. NTFS is based on security, and is on any Windows computer from Windows 2000 to now. This makes things such as trying to change the administrator's password from a standard account not possible. NTFS additionally adds file protection - your files will not be viewed from a standard account if set to as an administrator. Your answer in short is no. There is no way to change the administrator password with a standard account.
Windows XP will not change an administrator account to limited if it is the only administrator account on the system (other than the account named Administrator).
You have to be an administrator to change you're (and other peoples) account types.
You will have to log in with administrator account and change the privileges to admin for that required account.
Windows XP comes with two types of user accounts; normal user and the administrator. Changing a limited user to an administrator needs the administrator account password and then selecting the option from the User Control Panel.
http://www.wikihow.com/Change-a-Guest-Account-to-an-Administrator-in-Windows P.S. Be sure you've closed the remote desktop function to prevent from any unwelcommed connections using Guest Account.
Only if they have your password.
Group Policy
assuming that you are working from a computer with windows as the operating system: click on start, then on control panel then on user accounts from there you can change the user accounts click on change an account then choose the account you would like to change then change my account type then you have the choice of either computer administrator or a limited account if another user is already registered as computer administrator, this could be tricky. this would then require asking them to shed their responsibilities onto you. to do this they just need to follow the same procedure as above. NOTE: only the computer administrator can change the account types!
just build up a new account and set up the pw then restart your computer
"Administrator" is a built in account that comes with Vista. What it sounds like you are trying to do is change the name of your account to "administrator" or create a new account called "administrator" but that name is already taken by the built-in account - you can't have two accounts with the same name, even if one is called"Administrator" and the other is called "administrator". You should be able to create a new account and assign administrator privileges to it in Vista. You can even call it something close to "Administrator" - something like "administrator1" would probably work. You should also be able to change the name of the built-in account, but the name "administrator" may still be reserved and not available for you to use even if you change the name of the built-in Administrator account. I'm not at a Vista machine where I can test it out.If the problem is an inability to create an administrator TYPE of account, then you are faced with a different problem and something is wrong with the OS
Regardless of what the brand, the easiest way to gain access to the administrator account in Windows is to reboot the computer and hold the F8 button during the reboot. When you see a meny appearing prompting you to choose a boot-up method you choose SAFE MODE and wait. When you get to the Welcome Login screen in windows you should have the option to log on as Administrator. If you are lucky that account will be unlocked.