I am baffled and have read all the threads on how to log in as administrator in Win 7. I have premium edition. I need to uninstall and reinstall drivers for a usb device and the only account I can use on my own laptop is a user account, not admin. I cannot change the settings to make this user acct the admin because I cannot log in as the admin. The admin user is not disabled yet I cannot log in as the admin. Can someone address this in step by step instructions? It seems crazy that as the owner of this laptop and the only user, I cannot do anything that requires admin rights and I can't change it to make it work. PS Yes I have tried the cmd process and it failed as well. In the meantime I have a usb hard drive that I cannot access or use with valuable files I need.

Try booting in safe mode to see if the inbuilt administrator account is available. If not, and you don't have another admin account then you need to reinstall windows. -- .. -- "LadyMarie" wrote in message news:c5fcfcf7-4a82-40d4-b016-e3247dd13ee6... >I am baffled and have read all the threads on how to log in as >administrator in Win 7. I have premium edition. > > I need to uninstall and reinstall drivers for a usb device and the only > account I can use on my own laptop is a user account, not admin. I cannot > change the settings to make this user acct the admin because I cannot log > in as the admin. > > The admin user is not disabled yet I cannot log in as the admin. > > Can someone address this in step by step instructions? > It seems crazy that as the owner of this laptop and the only user, I > cannot do anything that requires admin rights and I can't change it to > make it work. > > PS Yes I have tried the cmd process and it failed as well. In the meantime > I have a usb hard drive that I cannot access or use with valuable files I > need. > > >