Help No Admin Account

[jam30]

Please help!

I have somehow managed to change my admin account into a standard account within the last hour!

I can't adjust the users panel in the system prefs as it wont let me unlock it! I know that the password is correct but it can't find the user; all it tells me is that the username / password is incorrect!

I had time machine plugged in at the time and know that it had backed up ok. Is there a way that I can load the entire system as it was at that time?

If not how do I reset it back to tiger so that I can re-instal leopard and again then how do I get everything I would need off of time machine!

Please help - I'm about to pull all my hair out!

JM

 

[DJAKO]

Can you take a screen shot of your accounts panel in system preferences?

 

[jam30]

actually attached this time

 

[jeremy.king]

Boot from your Leopard Disc and then in the Utilities menu, select Restore System from Backup. Make sure your backup drive is connected and that you specify a date where you were admin.

 

[jam30]

I can't as it requires the admin username which it can't find.

seriously starting to worry now!

 

[jeremy.king]

I can't as it requires the admin username which it can't find.

seriously starting to worry now!

You're booting from the CD/DVD?

 

[jam30]

Yeah the Leopard disk that I got when I upgraded from Tiger

 

[jeremy.king]

Can you enable root as a non-admin? I doubt it.

Applications>Utilities>Directory Utilities
Edit Menu > Enable Root User

Be sure to set a password.

 

[jam30]

No - now seeing what is becoming the dreaded padlock icon

 

[jam30]

Now working,

I tried the solution offered under the help files for when this happens following a leopard upgrade.

It worked second time round; I was a little stressed and must have missed something the first time!