admin

[Guest chris]

i always used just a admin account until i needed to add a additional user to

my pc. Once i added the accounts i can no longer log in to my original admin

account. I have folders i made private in my admin account that i can no

longer get into. Please help!!

[Guest JS]

Re: admin

 

The account named 'Administrator' is still there

(but hidden once you created that second account).

 

If you want this account displayed on the Welcome screen along with

your new account then download and install TweakUI.

Power Toy's - Tweak UI from Microsoft:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

 

Once you start TweakUI, click on the 'Login' option.

(which is located near the bottom of the list displayed on the left side)

 

Now in the 'Settings' box on the right side

check the 'Show "Administrator" on Welcome screen' box.

Next click the 'Apply' button and then 'OK' to exit TweakUI.

The next time you boot you should see the Administrator account.

 

More Detail on available features in TweakUI:

http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx

 

JS

http://www.pagestart.com

 

 

"chris" <chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:39F3E690-085A-43BE-8EBB-180DB130029B@microsoft.com...

>i always used just a admin account until i needed to add a additional user

>to

> my pc. Once i added the accounts i can no longer log in to my original

> admin

> account. I have folders i made private in my admin account that i can no

> longer get into. Please help!!

[Guest GreenieLeBrun]

Re: admin

 

 

 

chris wrote:

> i always used just a admin account until i needed to add a additional

> user to my pc. Once i added the accounts i can no longer log in to

> my original admin account. I have folders i made private in my admin

> account that i can no longer get into. Please help!!

 

If you are using XP Pro create another Admin group user account and restart,

when you get the choose user login screen press Ctrl-Alt-Del three times and

log in as Administrator with what ever password you used (just hit Enter if

no password was set). If XP Home login via safe mode as Administrator.

[Guest Bruce Chambers]

Re: admin

 

chris wrote:

> i always used just a admin account until i needed to add a additional user to

> my pc. Once i added the accounts i can no longer log in to my original admin

> account. I have folders i made private in my admin account that i can no

> longer get into. Please help!!

 

 

You've been using the built-in Administrator account for daily use?

This is very unwise. As you've discovered, once any additional user

accounts have been created, the built-in Administrator account will no

longer be displayed on the Welcome Screen. This is a default security

feature.

 

The built-in Administrator account was never intended to be used

for day-to-day normal use. The standard security practice is to rename

the account, 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).

 

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.

 

A wiser course of action would be to create another user account

for your daily use (as you've done), and copy desired the files and

settings from the Administrator account to this newly created user profile.

 

HOW TO Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279783

 

How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151

 

 

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Bruce Chambers

 

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