Alex Nichol
January 8th 04, 12:56 AM
Please reply to news group. wrote:
>I recently set up my new Windows XP Professional computer. During
>setup, it asked for a password for the Administrator account. It then
>went on with the process of setting up other accounts. However, the
>Administrator account does not show up on the Welcome screen - only in
>the user section of Administrative tools.
In XP you normally have a regular user account with Administrator status
for day-to-day administration, with that account called Administrator
kept in reserve for emergencies. Once you have a user-admin, then the
Administrator entry is concealed on the Welcome screen: If you need it,
(eg that user account gets corrupted, loses its password or whatever)
hit CTL-ALT-DEL twice at the Welcome, and on the resulting logon screen
enter the explicit name
Administrator
and its password.
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Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)
>I recently set up my new Windows XP Professional computer. During
>setup, it asked for a password for the Administrator account. It then
>went on with the process of setting up other accounts. However, the
>Administrator account does not show up on the Welcome screen - only in
>the user section of Administrative tools.
In XP you normally have a regular user account with Administrator status
for day-to-day administration, with that account called Administrator
kept in reserve for emergencies. Once you have a user-admin, then the
Administrator entry is concealed on the Welcome screen: If you need it,
(eg that user account gets corrupted, loses its password or whatever)
hit CTL-ALT-DEL twice at the Welcome, and on the resulting logon screen
enter the explicit name
Administrator
and its password.
--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)