Hi ET,

 No you can do it from a USB ootable installer,
 I've seen aa mac speiciallist at work do it with someones setup although it 
was with Yosemite or el cap rather than high sierra.

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Subject: Re: Unlocking Users & Groups

Anders,
    That would put the Mac into single user mode which is not accessible so I 
just started over again.

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On 8/3/2017 2:43 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote:
> Hi!
> There is but you have to use the terminal.
> I can’t for the life of me remember the command to do this.
> /A
>
>> 3 aug. 2017 kl. 00:12 skrev Joseph Hudson <jhud7...@gmail.com>:
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>> Sounds like to me you might be in need for a reinstall. And I don't think 
>> that there's a way out besides that.
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>>> On Aug 2, 2017, at 2:15 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>  High Sierra beta. Not sure what went wrong. I changed the name of the user 
>>> folder. After restarting, I found my user account is no longer an 
>>> administrative account. I cannot unlock Users & Groups so I cannot change 
>>> my account status. I can change my login password and log in but cannot 
>>> unlock. What do I need to do?
>>>
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