Built in Administrator

[Scott]

Hi:
What is the difference between the built - in
Administrator and the computer administrator that comes up
upon log-on?
In Control Panel, System under users, the administrator is
listed first then me (I am computer administrator). What
is the difference? What can the "administrator control
that I can's as "computer administrator", or do I need to
worry about it?
How do you get to the tab for security where you can
set "Permissions for Users" listing:
Full Control
Modify
Read & Execute
List Folder Contents
Read
Write
All of the above use check boxes for "allow or Deny".
I am using Windows XP Home on a FAT 32 configuratrion

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!

Scott Sokolich

[Sharon F]

On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 10:13:00 -0800, Scott wrote:

> Hi:
> What is the difference between the built - in
> Administrator and the computer administrator that comes up
> upon log-on?
> In Control Panel, System under users, the administrator is
> listed first then me (I am computer administrator). What
> is the difference? What can the "administrator control
> that I can's as "computer administrator", or do I need to
> worry about it?
> How do you get to the tab for security where you can
> set "Permissions for Users" listing:
> Full Control
> Modify
> Read & Execute
> List Folder Contents
> Read
> Write
> All of the above use check boxes for "allow or Deny".
> I am using Windows XP Home on a FAT 32 configuratrion
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!
>
> Scott Sokolich

Scott, if you're using FAT32 - the permissions that you describe above are
not available. These are features of NTFS. If using XP Pro, you can see the
Security page by turning off Simple File Sharing in Folder Options> View.
If using XP Home, boot to Safe Mode to see it.

The built-in administrator account drops off of the welcome screen when
another account is added to the administrator group. It is a good account
to keep in reserve for troubleshooting purposes. By remaining relatively
untouched, it is very likely that you will be able to log onto this account
if/when the other accounts become damaged or inaccessible.

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User

[Scott Sokolich]

Sharon:
Thank you for the information. It has been extremely
helpful!
Thanks!
Scott
>-----Original Message-----
>On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 10:13:00 -0800, Scott wrote:
>
>> Hi:
>> What is the difference between the built - in
>> Administrator and the computer administrator that
comes up
>> upon log-on?
>> In Control Panel, System under users, the
administrator is
>> listed first then me (I am computer administrator).
What
>> is the difference? What can the "administrator control
>> that I can's as "computer administrator", or do I need
to
>> worry about it?
>> How do you get to the tab for security where you can
>> set "Permissions for Users" listing:
>> Full Control
>> Modify
>> Read & Execute
>> List Folder Contents
>> Read
>> Write
>> All of the above use check boxes for "allow or Deny".
>> I am using Windows XP Home on a FAT 32 configuratrion
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!
>>
>> Scott Sokolich
>
>Scott, if you're using FAT32 - the permissions that you
describe above are
>not available. These are features of NTFS. If using XP
Pro, you can see the
>Security page by turning off Simple File Sharing in
Folder Options> View.
>If using XP Home, boot to Safe Mode to see it.
>
>The built-in administrator account drops off of the
welcome screen when
>another account is added to the administrator group. It
is a good account
>to keep in reserve for troubleshooting purposes. By
remaining relatively
>untouched, it is very likely that you will be able to
log onto this account
>if/when the other accounts become damaged or
inaccessible.
>
>--
>Sharon F
>MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User
>.
>

[Sharon F]

On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 21:22:19 -0800, Scott Sokolich wrote:

> Sharon:
> Thank you for the information. It has been extremely
> helpful!
> Thanks!
> Scott

You're very welcome, Scott.

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User