Guest Ronaldo Posted September 12, 2008 Posted September 12, 2008 You can't use the same name on two accounts... the built-in default-Administrator account is created when you install the system. If you want to use it, just log off or restart and at the logon screen, hit ctrl+alt+delete simultaneously two or three times to bring up the logon box, then type in Administrator and since you don't remember the Administrator account, it probably doesn't have a password, so just Accept or hit Enter afer typing Administrator. ----------------------------------------- "Cirene" <cirene@nowhere.com> escribió en el mensaje news:%23LbysXIFJHA.1272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >I just reinstalled XP. During the installation I used "Robert" as my >account name, but I should've used "Administrator" (for other reasons). I >can't seem to rename my "Robert" account to "Administrator" because it's >already "in use". Any idea how I can do this???? >
Guest Cirene Posted September 12, 2008 Posted September 12, 2008 Urgent: Need to rename Robert account to Administrator I just reinstalled XP. During the installation I used "Robert" as my account name, but I should've used "Administrator" (for other reasons). I can't seem to rename my "Robert" account to "Administrator" because it's already "in use". Any idea how I can do this????
Guest JS Posted September 12, 2008 Posted September 12, 2008 Re: Urgent: Need to rename Robert account to Administrator During the reinstall of XP you could not have created an account named "Administrator" as Windows by default creates an account with this name during the install. It is generally good practice not to use the account named "Administrator", as may become your lifeline if something should go wrong with Windows. JS "Cirene" <cirene@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:%23LbysXIFJHA.1272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >I just reinstalled XP. During the installation I used "Robert" as my >account name, but I should've used "Administrator" (for other reasons). I >can't seem to rename my "Robert" account to "Administrator" because it's >already "in use". Any idea how I can do this???? >
Guest Anteaus Posted September 12, 2008 Posted September 12, 2008 Re: Urgent: Need to rename Robert account to Administrator A good policy is to use the username "user" -this makes dialogs such as "Log off user" read sensibly, which they don't if you use "default", "owner" or the like. "JS" wrote: > During the reinstall of XP you could not have created an account named > "Administrator" as Windows by default creates an account with this name > during the install. > > It is generally good practice not to use the account named "Administrator", > as may become your lifeline if something should go wrong with Windows. > > JS > > "Cirene" <cirene@nowhere.com> wrote in message > news:%23LbysXIFJHA.1272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > >I just reinstalled XP. During the installation I used "Robert" as my > >account name, but I should've used "Administrator" (for other reasons). I > >can't seem to rename my "Robert" account to "Administrator" because it's > >already "in use". Any idea how I can do this???? > > > > >
Guest HeyBub Posted September 12, 2008 Posted September 12, 2008 Re: Urgent: Need to rename Robert account to Administrator Cirene wrote: > I just reinstalled XP. During the installation I used "Robert" as my > account name, but I should've used "Administrator" (for other > reasons). I can't seem to rename my "Robert" account to > "Administrator" because it's already "in use". Any idea how I can do > this???? You can't. Any account may have "administrator" privileges, but only one account may be named "Bruce" (or any other name).
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