Administrator Rights in XP

[Rob]

I recently purchased a new computer with Windows XP. I
have been using the computer for about a month when I
decided to create my own account. When I created the
account, I designated myself as Administrator. There used
to be a default administrator user before I created my own
account. Now that I have created my own account, the
default administrator account has been removed. Now when
I try to sign on to my email account through MSN, it tells
me that there is already a paying user on the machine and
I have to sign on as a guest. How can I get rid of this
message and sign on as a user?

[Michael Howard [MSFT]]

you can login as the Administrator only from Safe Mode boot.

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Cheers, Michael
Writing Secure Code 2nd Edition
(http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/5957.asp)

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"Rob" > wrote in message
...
> I recently purchased a new computer with Windows XP. I
> have been using the computer for about a month when I
> decided to create my own account. When I created the
> account, I designated myself as Administrator. There used
> to be a default administrator user before I created my own
> account. Now that I have created my own account, the
> default administrator account has been removed. Now when
> I try to sign on to my email account through MSN, it tells
> me that there is already a paying user on the machine and
> I have to sign on as a guest. How can I get rid of this
> message and sign on as a user?