I have lost my admin rights and locked up the admin account and signed in as a local account

Question

I have lost my admin rights and locked up my admin account. I am signed in with a local account without admin rights. I am unable to run any program with admin access and using "run as administrator". What should I do.

Answer 1

Welcome to SuperUser!

When you are fully locked out of a Server 2008 system the recovery is going to be similar to that of a Windows 7 system.

You have two main options:

1. Break in:

What can I do if I forgot my Windows password?

2. Reinstall