<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Dec 14, 2006, at 11:40 PM, Mark Gibson wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Grande" color="#000000">Hi,<BR> <BR> A colleague has somehow demoted the admin account on his machine to merely "standard". Amazingly enough he can now do very little on the machine. :)<BR> <BR> I tried creating a new "admin" account but I need an current one to unlock the padlock.<BR> <BR> Any ideas on how I can "promote" an existing standard account back to "Administrative" status?<BR> <BR> Happy to futz around in the Terminal or single user mode if that's what's required.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>*</DIV><DIV>I thought any Sys X Mac *had to have* at least one Admin account. You can have more than one Admin, but my understanding is you must have at least one.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I could be wrong.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>You may have to reload Sys X and re-name the Admin.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Good luck!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>earle</DIV><DIV>*</DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>