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#207957 - 2013-10-28 04:16 PM Windows 8 administrative tasks don't work
BradV BradV Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2006-08-16 Posts: 687 Loc: Maryland, USA	Friday or Saturday I was watching a DVD on my Windows 8 computer at home and it froze. I though maybe it was just having trouble reading the disk. I first just waited about 10 minutes, no change. Then tried to alt-tab to another application. Nothing happened. Tried to ctrl-alt-del. Nothing happened. Finally had to shut it off. After restarting, the system said it had to check the file system. I rebooted and after about half an hour, it finished. I then started noticing problems. Firefox did not have the same home page, but my bookmarks were all there. All of the cookies were gone also. My mail tool was having a problem. I saw that the installation file I had on disk was a couple of years old. So, I downloaded the latest copy and tried to run that. It failed. I then tried running the command window with system admin privileges. That failed. I tried all sorts of commands that require system admin privileges. They all failed. I was going to create a new user and put it in the local admin group, but could not create a user. Anyone have an idea how to restore administrative functionality to Windows 8? Thanks!
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#208193 - 2013-12-23 10:32 PM Re: Windows 8 administrative tasks don't work [Re: BradV]
Björn Björn Korg Regular Registered: 2005-12-07 Posts: 953 Loc: Stockholm, Sweden.	Oy Brad :). Doesn't MS proud themselves with a "restore" functionality these days that should be able to "solve" your issues? _________________________ as long as it works - why fix it? If it doesn't work - kix-it!
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#208194 - 2013-12-23 11:32 PM Re: Windows 8 administrative tasks don't work [Re: Björn]
Allen Allen KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-04-19 Posts: 4574 Loc: USA	This sounds like a corruption somewhere in the OS/Registry. I've used the Offline Windows Password and Registry Editor for years. I have not tested it on Win 8, but it likely works there too. http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/ _________________________ (... better days ahead)
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#208249 - 2014-01-02 08:38 PM Re: Windows 8 administrative tasks don't work [Re: Allen]
BradV BradV Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2006-08-16 Posts: 687 Loc: Maryland, USA	I did wind up doing a system restore. Everything is back to working, but I lost my firefox e-mails. I am using mozilla backup and the backups were saved under the program files directory. I wasn't paying attention and the restore functionality gets rid of everything under program files that wasn't there originally. It wasn't quick and wasn't pleasant, but the system is again working. $\:\)$
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#208253 - 2014-01-03 01:01 PM Re: Windows 8 administrative tasks don't work [Re: BradV]
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	Originally Posted By: BradV Tried to ctrl-alt-del. Nothing happened. I really hate microsoft's way of screwing up the kernel and removing all control from the user. tbh, your experience sounds like you got a virus going rampant. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#208256 - 2014-01-04 01:04 AM Re: Windows 8 administrative tasks don't work [Re: Lonkero]
Robdutoit Robdutoit Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2012-03-27 Posts: 363 Loc: London, England	Oh dear, another reason to consider NOT buying tablets with windows 8 installed on them. Seems like windows 8 can do nothing right! I even had someone tell me last week that Microsoft in their wisdom have decided to require you to have an outlook or hotmail email address to log onto windows 8.1 - totally lost the plot - thats really going to work well in schools as kids don't have email addresses for obvious reasons! Ok, you can get around that requirement by installing the computer disconnected to the Internet, but one should not have to work around Microsoft. Glad that you got your system working again Brad. I use a backup program to backup firefox, thunderbird and all my important data onto my online server using rsync! That way if anything goes wrong, I have a copy off the computer! But it does remind me when I put a fresh install of windows 7 onto my shiny new SSD drive, that I should create a wim image 3 seconds after installing windows with all updates and all programs so in the event of a problem I can just restore from the base image.
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#208257 - 2014-01-04 01:23 AM Re: Windows 8 administrative tasks don't work [Re: Robdutoit]
Allen Allen KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-04-19 Posts: 4574 Loc: USA	You can still choose local accounts. They don't make it obvious, especially in 8.1 but it can be done. _________________________ (... better days ahead)
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#208268 - 2014-01-07 08:11 PM Re: Windows 8 administrative tasks don't work [Re: Allen]
Robdutoit Robdutoit Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2012-03-27 Posts: 363 Loc: London, England	Yes I know that you can, but my complaint is that Microsoft are making it look like you have to have a hotmail account or something and for schools where I work, this is not a good approach for kids. I don't like having to work around a manufacturer. They should be working with me!
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