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I like to remove all users including myself (ADMINISTRATOR).
HOW DO I SETUP WINDOWS AS ADMINISTRATOR ON WINDOWS XP PROF. COMPUTOR. I added
my self as administrator and my desktop and lot of other things changed. I want to revert my changes and want to run my computer without admimistrator because I am the only person uses this computer. Help me. Thanks! |
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I like to remove all users including myself (ADMINISTRATOR).
Manny Patel wrote:
HOW DO I SETUP WINDOWS AS ADMINISTRATOR ON WINDOWS XP PROF. COMPUTOR. I added my self as administrator and my desktop and lot of other things changed. I want to revert my changes and want to run my computer without admimistrator because I am the only person uses this computer. Do you actually utilize the account named "administrator"? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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I like to remove all users including myself (ADMINISTRATOR).
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"Shenan Stanley" wrote: Manny Patel wrote: HOW DO I SETUP WINDOWS AS ADMINISTRATOR ON WINDOWS XP PROF. COMPUTOR. I added my self as administrator and my desktop and lot of other things changed. I want to revert my changes and want to run my computer without admimistrator because I am the only person uses this computer. Do you actually utilize the account named "administrator"? -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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I like to remove all users including myself (ADMINISTRATOR).
Manny Patel wrote:
HOW DO I SETUP WINDOWS AS ADMINISTRATOR ON WINDOWS XP PROF. COMPUTOR. I added my self as administrator and my desktop and lot of other things changed. I want to revert my changes and want to run my computer without admimistrator because I am the only person uses this computer. Shenan Stanley wrote: Do you actually utilize the account named "administrator"? Manny Patel wrote: YES Why are you posting some of the time in all uppercase lettering? What version of Windows XP is it? (Home? Professional? Media Center? other?) I am guessing you want to do this for security and risk management reasons (stop using the Administrator account for daily activities - that is...)? Your question/subject line and subsequent answers have made it difficult to pin down exactly what it is you are trying to do and have done. Before following the directins below to create a new user, etc - I want to be sure that is what you want. It sounds to me like you had a user, decided to try and do *something* (although what is unclear) and then you suddenly were logging on as a different user. If I had to guess (and I do at this point) you used to turn on your computer and it would just come up to your desktop and you would use your computer. It is highly likely that means you were logging in (at that time) with the user named "administrator" who (naturally) has full priviledges. You decided to create a new account and did so - at that point the machine may have stopped automatically logging in and/or you noticed your desktop was completely different and things 'went missing' on you. (If so - what actually happened is you started using a different account cvompletely at that point and the user "Administrator" disappeared/did not appear from/on the "Welcome" screen.) What you want now is your old desktop, Internet Favorites, My Documents, etc back... Right? Or are you trying to create a new user to utilize safely? In fact - ignore the stuff beyond here untillyou can tell us a narrative of what you have done so we can better determine what you are trying to do and how you got to this point... Anyway - you need to keep the user named "administrator" and stop using that as your primary account. Simply use the user "administrator" to create a new "limited" account for yourself. You start using the new account. If you want to easily transfer the current account settings to the new account - you can use the built-in Files and Settings Transfer (F.A.S.T.) wizard to accomplish that easily. The simplistic instructions (with links to more details for each individual step...) 1) Log on as the administrator and crete your new account with whatever username/password you like (your name is fine.) How to create and configure user accounts in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279783 Create and customize user accounts http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u.../accounts.mspx Short video on how to create an account in Windows XP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-a-P208bLU 2) Log off the administrator account and log on with the new account you just created. 3) Logoff and reboot the machine. 4) Logon as the administrator. You may have the Welcome screen setup as your default logon method - if so - you may no longer see the "Administrator" account listed. If that is the case - when it goes to the Welcome screen (you may have to log off the new account to do this if you did not put in a password for the new account) simply press the key-combination of "CTRL+ALT+DEL twice in a row quickly to get the 'calssic' logon prompt where you type in the username (administrator) and password (if any.) 5. If you wish to transfer some of the stuff from this account to the new account and you really don't know much about computers - this should be the easiest way to ensure you get everything a standard user would want... How to use the "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard" in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/293118 Following those instructions - consider the computer you are on to be the "old computer" when logged in as "administrator" and store the results in a directory at the root of the C drive or - better yet - on a USB memory stick or something external. Consider the same computer the 'new computer' when logged on as the user you created in step 1 and read from the location you created in this step. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html |
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