Computer took away my admin privs

[sky_watcher]

Sony Vaio VGC-LS25E All-In-One
Windows Vista Home Premium
Intel Core Duo T5600 (1.83GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 667 FSB)
2GB (1GBx2)DDR2-667 SDRAM (max 2GB)
250GB SATA (7200rpm)
DVD±RW/±R DL/RAM
Nvidia GeForce Go 7400 GPU
Wireless

Purchased 4/2007. Always problems. Worse lately.

Used ccleaner on disc and registry. Things went BAD!
Did system restore. Things getting worse. Did another SR.

This A.M. could not access internet with Firefox. Could with IE7. LOOKING bad.

Tried moving or copying to ex HD. No go.
Can not install, uninstall, use email, run system restore, s/u in safe mode,

Called tech Buddy. Had me cmd prmt for administrative privileges. No good. CMD prmt, privileges off.

Now my account not recognized as it was this morning.

About the only thing I can do is use Internet Explorer which I detested, Until today

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

At this point I would be happy to just be able to move my data to the external and delete from this HD so I can send it for repair

Thanks

[TechPro]

Yup, that' what you're gonna have to do.

Sorry about that. Bet that same system will still be problematic even after a rebuild.

[AceCombat]

yet another reason to stay XP

[BUBBALOU]

Hidden in Vista - Admin rights Via the Command Prompt

Your Tech Geek friend needs to learn Vista


How to launch an elevated command prompt in VISTA:

press the Win key;
type cmd; (in run box)
press Ctrl+Shift+Enter;
then hit Alt+C to confirm the elevation prompt

Six keystrokes to an elevated command prompt!

[Cuda68]

Hidden in Vista - Admin rights Via the Command Prompt

Your Tech Geek friend needs to learn Vista


How to launch an elevated command prompt in VISTA:

press the Win key;
type cmd; (in run box)
press Ctrl+Shift+Enter;
then hit Alt+C to confirm the elevation prompt

Six keystrokes to an elevated command prompt!

Thats scary!! Does it prompt you for the Administrator password?

[sky_watcher]

Since I posted last night, I have not been able to access the internet.

I can do nothing. Copy, delete. I will give the administrator cmd a go!

Now it's saying I have 2 days to activate windows!! I put in the key and I get an error code.

Froze up last night so unplugged it. On startup it came to the screen so I was able to start in safe mode and was able to get some files moved.
Junk! Junk! Vista sucks!!!

I've been telling them I want xp, that shouldn't be stuck with this crap.

thanks for the advice.

[fliptw]

whats the error code? sounds like you are running in demo mode.

[Foil]

I'd be willing to bet this was your problem:

Used ccleaner on disc and registry. Things went BAD!

[29th May 2008]
CCleaner v2.08
...
- Fixed problem with Vista "low" folders being removed.
...
- Fixed Vista 64 issue with Startup tool.

In the future, I'd be very wary of things that mess with your system registry like that, even if they claim to be harmless or helpful.

[flip]

X2 on ccleaner. You thrashed your registry. Always make a backup first, and if you did you can restore it maybe.

[CDN_Merlin]

Safe mode/restore to a week ago or so?

[AceCombat]

ccleaner makes a backup of your registry unless you decline it. just run the ccleaner restore