hard drive, they will learn. But I don't need a computer program nagging me. My mother came to me for computer help. I don't need 'Mommy Vista' stopping me from using my own computer. I think that we are missing the point of the UAC. It's Microsofts security "quick fix," at the expense of its users. Unlike UNIX OS's were the onus is on the user to lock down the OS, Microsoft's philosophy is to completely take that away from the user, which also promotes more software purchases in the way of security. we have vista ultimate and someone did this on our laptop to make it faster. he did this while under the administrator log on, for some reason the administrator password has changed or is locked because its not accepting the correct password anymore. ive tried using the propmpt program by typing in net user etc but when i go to change teh administrator password it comes up with error messege 5. any hints on how to get my old admin password back without erasing the c drive? I have Vista Ultimate. Some how I have an Admin account, ok fine, but i also have in my root directory 2 or three other users with my same name, and also when i boot up system it goes to the admin (main) and i have to log out, then back in under my name. Had installed for 2 yrs now, am i just completly screwed and need to reformat