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Why is The Orginal Admin Deleted And Hows Can I Fix This?
that's when you create the first account with admin priveleges.
you can access the original admin account by pressing ctrl-alt-del twice on the welcome screen. just use administrator as login name if you have not changed it and use your password. if you want the original administrator account to explicitly appear on your welcome screen, download tweakui for xp from the microsoft site and you can have this option on. hope this helps. -- regards, dennis www.dennislazo.com E-mail address is unmonitored. For E-mails, please send through http://dennislazo.com/email/. Support is given as-is and has no guarantee whatsoever, nor will I be held liable for any form of losses. "Smiley" wrote in message ... | When you create a new user for the first time it asks you to select the acount type. The only one it allows you to select is admin. Then the next time you go to log on the Orginal Admin is gone. How can i prevent this from happening? | | -Smiley |
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Why is The Orginal Admin Deleted And Hows Can I Fix This?
Smiley wrote:
When you create a new user for the first time it asks you to select the acount type. The only one it allows you to select is admin. Then the next time you go to log on the Orginal Admin is gone. How can i prevent this from happening? -Smiley You cannot - this is by design to prevent people from logging in as the Admin and using it as an every day account. You have three options 1) If you're running Pro, hit CTRL+ALT+DEL twice on the welcome screen to bring up a 2000 like login menu - you can select the Administrator from there. 2) If you're using Home, then the Administrator is only available in Safe Mode. To enter safe mode, tap F8 repeatedly as the computer boots. 3) And I don't recommend this (if you've got kids, make sure the account has a password) download TweakUI from the Microsoft site (just search for Windows XP Powertoys) and use this to make the main Admin user visible. |
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Why is The Orginal Admin Deleted And Hows Can I Fix This?
Greetings --
The built-in Administrator account really isn't intended to be used for day-to-day normal use. The standard security practice is to set a strong password on it and use it only to create another account for regular use, reserving the Administrator account as a "back door" in case something corrupts your regular account(s). As you've learned, once any additional user accounts have been created, the Administrator account will no longer be displayed on the Welcome Screen. This is a default security feature. By design, the only way to log into the Administrator account of WinXP Home is to reboot into Safe Mode. For WinXP Pro, pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL twice at the Welcome Screen will produce the standard login dialog box. Bruce Chambers -- Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. -- RAH "Smiley" wrote in message ... When you create a new user for the first time it asks you to select the acount type. The only one it allows you to select is admin. Then the next time you go to log on the Orginal Admin is gone. How can i prevent this from happening? -Smiley |
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