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Old February 14th 05, 03:57 AM
tecno79
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i was setting up account..and putting a password on my administrator, and
created a guest account.. the guest account now shows up and my
administrator is invisible, and don't know how to retreave it.. pleas would
someone help me....
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Old February 14th 05, 04:13 AM
Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers
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Hi,

To access the default administrator account:

In WinXP Pro, hit ctrl+alt+delete twice at the logon screen and type it in.

In WinXP Home, you must restart and enter Safe mode by hitting F8 at
startup. The administrator logon will be one of the options.

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"tecno79" wrote in message
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i was setting up account..and putting a password on my administrator, and
created a guest account.. the guest account now shows up and my
administrator is invisible, and don't know how to retreave it.. pleas
would
someone help me....



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Old February 14th 05, 04:18 AM
Carey Frisch [MVP]
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Original Administrator Account Does Not Appear During Friendly Logon Method
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp

Enable Administrator account on Welcome Screen
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_admin_ok.htm

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"tecno79" wrote:

| i was setting up account..and putting a password on my administrator, and
| created a guest account.. the guest account now shows up and my
| administrator is invisible, and don't know how to retreave it.. pleas would
| someone help me....
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Old February 14th 05, 04:55 AM
Vanguard
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"tecno79" wrote in message
...
i was setting up account..and putting a password on my administrator,
and
created a guest account.. the guest account now shows up and my
administrator is invisible, and don't know how to retreave it.. pleas
would
someone help me....



Depends on WHICH version of Windows XP that you use. For Windows XP
Home, you must reboot into Safe Mode and then can login under the
Administrator account. For Windows XP Professional, it depends if you
are using the Fisher-Price "Welcome Screen" or the classic login screen.
The Welcome Screen is NOT used if you log into a domain or if you
configure Windows XP Pro to use the classic login screen. If you see
the Welcome Screen, hit Ctrl+Alt+Del *twice* to get the classic login
prompt to then enter Administrator (and its password). If using the
classic login screen, just enter Administrator for the username and its
password.

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Old February 14th 05, 04:59 PM
Ian Hoare
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Sorry Rick,

But I don't understand...

le/on Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:13:19 -0500, tu disais/you said:-

Hi,

To access the default administrator account:

In WinXP Pro, hit ctrl+alt+delete twice at the logon screen and type it in.


'it'? What?

The Administrator password? "Administrator"?

I don't need to do this, but I'd like to be able to understand your answer.

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Old February 14th 05, 05:00 PM
Ian Hoare
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Salut/Hi Vanguard,

le/on Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:55:27 -0600, tu disais/you said:-


Depends on WHICH version of Windows XP that you use. For Windows XP
Home, you must reboot into Safe Mode and then can login under the
Administrator account. For Windows XP Professional, it depends if you
are using the Fisher-Price "Welcome Screen"


Fisher Price?

Is that some kind of expertspeak way of being rude?


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Old February 14th 05, 05:47 PM
Colin Barnhorst
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It refers to the icons that appear for each of the users. Unless you have
substituted personal pictures of the users of your computer, the idealized
representations from the XP library appear. Some people refer to these with
nicknames like "Fisher Price People" because of their resemblance to the
roundheaded figures. It is neither 'expertspeak' or rudeness. Just
shorthand.

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Salut/Hi Vanguard,

le/on Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:55:27 -0600, tu disais/you said:-


Depends on WHICH version of Windows XP that you use. For Windows XP
Home, you must reboot into Safe Mode and then can login under the
Administrator account. For Windows XP Professional, it depends if you
are using the Fisher-Price "Welcome Screen"


Fisher Price?

Is that some kind of expertspeak way of being rude?


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Old February 14th 05, 06:08 PM
Gordon
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Ian Hoare wrote:
Sorry Rick,

But I don't understand...

le/on Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:13:19 -0500, tu disais/you said:-


Hi,

To access the default administrator account:

In WinXP Pro, hit ctrl+alt+delete twice at the logon screen and type it in.



'it'? What?

The Administrator password? "Administrator"?

I don't need to do this, but I'd like to be able to understand your answer.

Type "administrator" (without the quotes), in the Username, and whatever
password you have in the password box. If the version of XP came
pre-installed, than there probably is no password - just leave the box
blank.

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Old February 14th 05, 10:15 PM
Ian Hoare
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Salut/Hi Gordon,

Rick said

To access the default administrator account:

In WinXP Pro, hit ctrl+alt+delete twice at the logon screen and type it in.


I asked

'it'? What?

The Administrator password? "Administrator"?

I don't need to do this, but I'd like to be able to understand your answer.


le/on Mon, 14 Feb 2005 17:08:12 +0000, tu disais/you said:-

Type "administrator" (without the quotes), in the Username, and whatever
password you have in the password box. If the version of XP came
pre-installed, than there probably is no password - just leave the box
blank.


Thanks very much. I know that it's a pain sometimes when people ask
elementary questions but nearly all questions are elementary when you know
the answer!!! It's all too easy to forget sometimes that what is obvious to
the person writing the reply isn't anything like as clear to someone reading
it!

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Old February 14th 05, 10:18 PM
Ian Hoare
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Salut/Hi "Colin Barnhorst" ,

le/on Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:47:05 -0700, tu disais/you said:-

It refers to the icons that appear for each of the users. Unless you have
substituted personal pictures of the users of your computer, the idealized
representations from the XP library appear. Some people refer to these with
nicknames like "Fisher Price People" because of their resemblance to the
roundheaded figures. It is neither 'expertspeak' or rudeness. Just
shorthand.


Thanks again. I only know Fisher Price as a manufacturer of plastics
children's toys. In 25 years dealing with computers, I'd never heard the
expression. I've obviously mixed with the wrong people.

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Old February 14th 05, 10:32 PM
Vanguard
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"Ian Hoare" wrote in message
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Salut/Hi Vanguard,

le/on Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:55:27 -0600, tu disais/you said:-


Depends on WHICH version of Windows XP that you use. For Windows XP
Home, you must reboot into Safe Mode and then can login under the
Administrator account. For Windows XP Professional, it depends if you
are using the Fisher-Price "Welcome Screen"


Fisher Price?

Is that some kind of expertspeak way of being rude?



Would you have preferred me to refer to the new more graphical Welcome
Screen as the glitzy one? Most users can't visualize what you mean when
you simply say the old and new login interfaces. Actually I picked up
on the Fisher-Price reference from other posters and figured it was a
good way to differentiate it. I prefer the classic login prompt and the
classic Start menu except I do like the MRU list in new more graphical,
larger sized, and more functioned (whew) Start menu.

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Old February 14th 05, 10:43 PM
Colin Barnhorst
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The children are better.

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Salut/Hi "Colin Barnhorst" ,

le/on Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:47:05 -0700, tu disais/you said:-

It refers to the icons that appear for each of the users. Unless you have
substituted personal pictures of the users of your computer, the idealized
representations from the XP library appear. Some people refer to these
with
nicknames like "Fisher Price People" because of their resemblance to the
roundheaded figures. It is neither 'expertspeak' or rudeness. Just
shorthand.


Thanks again. I only know Fisher Price as a manufacturer of plastics
children's toys. In 25 years dealing with computers, I'd never heard the
expression. I've obviously mixed with the wrong people.

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Old February 15th 05, 02:53 AM
Ian Hoare
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Salut/Hi Vanguard,

Thanks for replying.
le/on Mon, 14 Feb 2005 15:32:52 -0600, tu disais/you said:-

For Windows XP Professional, it depends if you are using the Fisher-Price "Welcome Screen"


Fisher Price?


Is that some kind of expertspeak way of being rude?



Would you have preferred me to refer to the new more graphical Welcome
Screen as the glitzy one?


Grin - I don't know!! You see, I didn't know there was more than one kind,
and I was curious which one _I_ was using! But your ref to F-P passed
completely over my head and I guessed it might be a somewhat disapproving
reference to something. Hence my - slightly acid - question.

Most users can't visualize what you mean when you simply say the old and new login interfaces.


I didn't even know there WERE two interfaces. (Grin again).

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