Question regarding user accounts and default "Administrator" accou

When I first installed windows XP pro sp2 I had a default Administrator
account that I used for a while as my main account. Then I needed to make
another account w/Admin priveleges and now it no longer puts the
Administrator account on my welcome screen to log in. All of my settings are
on that account and I know it is not deleted because it is still in
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator. I need to know how to either A)
re-enable the ability to log into that default "Administrator" or B) copy all
of the settings from that account to the new one I created. I looked on
google and found that I should copy all of the files/folders in C:\Documents
and Settings\Administrator to C:\Document and Settings\my new name.
Something strange is that in the guide it said I was not supposed to copy 3
files, ntuser.dat, ntuser.dat.log, and ntuser.ini, but in my C:\Documents and
Settings\Administrator directory I only see 2 files that look similar to
those: ntuser.dat and ntuser.dat.txt. Yes, I have enabled the ability to
view hidden files and folders. I tried to copy and paste everything in the
folder to the new account folder but I recieved the following message:
"Cannot copy index: the requested operation cannot be performed on a file
with a user-mapped section open." I created an additional account for the
transferring like the guide said and I have made sure that the account to be
copied into is logged out. I also tried this in safe mode but recieved the
same rror. Preferably I would simply like to get the default "Administrator"
account back on my welcome screen and just use that, but if I must copy it to
a new one
then I will, I just need to know how. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks so much,

Dan

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

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Doug Knox]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...xp/choose.mspx

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"Dan" wrote:

| When I first installed windows XP pro sp2 I had a default Administrator
| account that I used for a while as my main account. Then I needed to make
| another account w/Admin priveleges and now it no longer puts the
| Administrator account on my welcome screen to log in. All of my settings are
| on that account and I know it is not deleted because it is still in
| C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator. I need to know how to either A)
| re-enable the ability to log into that default "Administrator" or B) copy all
| of the settings from that account to the new one I created. I looked on
| google and found that I should copy all of the files/folders in C:\Documents
| and Settings\Administrator to C:\Document and Settings\my new name.
| Something strange is that in the guide it said I was not supposed to copy 3
| files, ntuser.dat, ntuser.dat.log, and ntuser.ini, but in my C:\Documents and
| Settings\Administrator directory I only see 2 files that look similar to
| those: ntuser.dat and ntuser.dat.txt. Yes, I have enabled the ability to
| view hidden files and folders. I tried to copy and paste everything in the
| folder to the new account folder but I recieved the following message:
| "Cannot copy index: the requested operation cannot be performed on a file
| with a user-mapped section open." I created an additional account for the
| transferring like the guide said and I have made sure that the account to be
| copied into is logged out. I also tried this in safe mode but recieved the
| same rror. Preferably I would simply like to get the default "Administrator"
| account back on my welcome screen and just use that, but if I must copy it to
| a new one
| then I will, I just need to know how. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
|
| Thanks so much,
|
| Dan

Carey...

Quite simply put: You are my hero.

Thank you very much for the tip - it worked perfectly.

- Dan

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

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

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Doug Knox]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...xp/choose.mspx

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Dan" wrote:

| When I first installed windows XP pro sp2 I had a default Administrator
| account that I used for a while as my main account. Then I needed to make
| another account w/Admin priveleges and now it no longer puts the
| Administrator account on my welcome screen to log in. All of my settings are
| on that account and I know it is not deleted because it is still in
| C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator. I need to know how to either A)
| re-enable the ability to log into that default "Administrator" or B) copy all
| of the settings from that account to the new one I created. I looked on
| google and found that I should copy all of the files/folders in C:\Documents
| and Settings\Administrator to C:\Document and Settings\my new name.
| Something strange is that in the guide it said I was not supposed to copy 3
| files, ntuser.dat, ntuser.dat.log, and ntuser.ini, but in my C:\Documents and
| Settings\Administrator directory I only see 2 files that look similar to
| those: ntuser.dat and ntuser.dat.txt. Yes, I have enabled the ability to
| view hidden files and folders. I tried to copy and paste everything in the
| folder to the new account folder but I recieved the following message:
| "Cannot copy index: the requested operation cannot be performed on a file
| with a user-mapped section open." I created an additional account for the
| transferring like the guide said and I have made sure that the account to be
| copied into is logged out. I also tried this in safe mode but recieved the
| same rror. Preferably I would simply like to get the default "Administrator"
| account back on my welcome screen and just use that, but if I must copy it to
| a new one
| then I will, I just need to know how. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
|
| Thanks so much,
|
| Dan