Default administrator XP Pro

[Guest chasgl]

I understand there is a default Administrator account for XP pro different

from anything I have set up and that it has a default password. How can I

change that password? Administrator doesn't show up under user account under

my user defined account with administrator rights. Do I need to know the

default password? What is that?

Thanks,

Chas

[Guest Gordon]

Re: Default administrator XP Pro

 

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

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>I understand there is a default Administrator account for XP pro different

> from anything I have set up and that it has a default password. How can I

> change that password? Administrator doesn't show up under user account

> under

> my user defined account with administrator rights. Do I need to know the

> default password? What is that?

> Thanks,

> Chas

 

 

To log-in as the built-in administrator account, at the Welcome screen (if

you are using that) press Ctl-Alt-Del twice and use "administrator" as the

user name (without the quotes). As to the password, if XP Pro was

pre-installed, then unless you know differently, the password is nothing,

just a blank.

 

HTH

[Guest chasgl]

Re: Default administrator XP Pro

 

THanks

[Guest Bruce Chambers]

Re: Default administrator XP Pro

 

chasgl wrote:

> I understand there is a default Administrator account for XP pro different

> from anything I have set up and that it has a default password. How can I

> change that password? Administrator doesn't show up under user account under

> my user defined account with administrator rights. Do I need to know the

> default password? What is that?

> Thanks,

> Chas

 

 

There is the built-in Administrator account, yes. By default, it has

no password. Unless the you deliberately set the Administrator's

password via the Management Console (_not_ the Control Panel), it's

probably still blank. WinXP Pro asks the installer to set the

Administrator's password during installation, but WinXP Home doesn't.

 

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.

 

 

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Bruce Chambers

 

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