text: how do i move restrictions from my computer? i have an older computer with windows nt on it and i'm trying to upgrade it to windows xp and i'm getting an error message saying i can't because of restrictions in effect, to contact my system administrator. i don't have an administrator and i just want to remove the restrictions so i can upgrade my computer. how can i do this, thank you the first and easiest thing to try is to go into your control panel and open user accounts.  go into your profile and make sure you're set up as an administrator, not as a limited user.   if you're limited, you may need to log in as the administrator (all windows 2000/xp computers have one), and you should be able to see it if you log out of your current profile.  log in as the administrator and reopen user accounts, and try upping your rights from there.  good luck.