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Hello:
Yesterday I was able to access my computer as an administrator. I added two new user profiles with limited access yesterday. Now I cannot access the computer as an administrator anymore. I never had a password for the administrator before and did not install passwords for the new profiles. Any ideas on how I can access the computer wih admin privledges but without a password. Any help or guidance would be appreciated. |
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Press CTRL-ALT-DEL twice at the welcome screen. Enter Administrator and
leave the password blank. Then To enable the Administrator account on the new Windows XP logon screen, visit my web site, www.dougknox.com and go to the Windows XP section. Follow the link for Enable Administrator Account ....... This small VB Script will make the registry change necessary for the Administrator account to be available on the Welcome Screen. If you prefer to do it manually, click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserLis t\ Note: There is a space between Windows and NT in the above Key. Add the Administrator account if necessary and/or change the Administrator value to 1 -- Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com -------------------------------- Associate Expert ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. "N" wrote in message ... Hello: Yesterday I was able to access my computer as an administrator. I added two new user profiles with limited access yesterday. Now I cannot access the computer as an administrator anymore. I never had a password for the administrator before and did not install passwords for the new profiles. Any ideas on how I can access the computer wih admin privledges but without a password. Any help or guidance would be appreciated. |
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Greetings --
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 "N" wrote in message ... Hello: Yesterday I was able to access my computer as an administrator. I added two new user profiles with limited access yesterday. Now I cannot access the computer as an administrator anymore. I never had a password for the administrator before and did not install passwords for the new profiles. Any ideas on how I can access the computer wih admin privledges but without a password. Any help or guidance would be appreciated. |
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