Does XP Home have stand-alone Admin account

[Len Willett]

My XP install said nothing about Administrator accounts but did create the
users i entered with administrator privileges. Does it not have a default
Administrator account? I ask because the registry got corrupted recently and
i could not get to the recover console because it kept asking me for an
Admin password. To my knomledge i never set one up and my personal user
account password wouldn't work. Blank wouldn't work. So I had to completely
restore and lose data. I rather set my administrator account up and document
it in a safe place so I won't have the same problem if Xp dies again. But i
cannot find the Admin account, just the user accounts.

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Len;
Reboot, tap F8 once a second.
Choose Safe Mode at the menu.
This is one way to access the normally hidden Administrator.

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"Len Willett" > wrote in message
...
> My XP install said nothing about Administrator accounts but did
create the
> users i entered with administrator privileges. Does it not have a
default
> Administrator account? I ask because the registry got corrupted
recently and
> i could not get to the recover console because it kept asking me for
an
> Admin password. To my knomledge i never set one up and my personal
user
> account password wouldn't work. Blank wouldn't work. So I had to
completely
> restore and lose data. I rather set my administrator account up and
document
> it in a safe place so I won't have the same problem if Xp dies
again. But i
> cannot find the Admin account, just the user accounts.
>
>