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Greg wrote:
> Just today I created two user accounts. for the last 7 months I have
> signed on as Administrator. I had built up data and settings during
> those 7 months. I didn't realize that by creating the user accounts
> (one of which is designated as "computer administrator") I would lock
> myself out of the Administrator account and all my old settings for
> microsoft products, my browser, the desktop, etc. I want the
> Administrator account back or I want to have full and easy access to
> it from one of my new user accounts.
JW wrote:
> if you change all the new accounts from Administrator to Limited User,
> your original Admin account will reappear on the Welcome screen. it
> disappears from the Welcome screen, if you create additional accounts
> with Admin privileges. this is normal operation.
>
> you can also access your original Admin account, by pressing the
> Cntl-Alt-Del combination from the Welcome screen once or twice (i
> don't remember now).
Greg wrote:
> It seems that Windows XP will not allow you to make all of your new
> user accounts limited user. One of them must always be the
> "computer administrator" So it seems nearly impossible to get
> back to the original Administrator account. I will try your cntrl-alt-del
> combination at the welcome screen, however. Thanks
> a lot.
Gordon wrote:
> It is BAD practice to use the built-in administrator account on a
> day-to-day basis. It is your ONLY route into the machine should your
> User account die on you, short of a repair install of Windows XP.
> Create a User account with Admin rights and use that. Leave the
> built-in administrator account for emergencies only.
I agree with the single administrator account "bad" comment for the normal
home user.
Also - if you have Windows XP Professional,as JW pointed out, you can press
CTRL+ALT+DEL twice at the welcome screen and type in "Administrator" as the
username and use your password as efore to log on.
If you insist on having all the users on the Welcome screen, get and use
TweakUI to control who is seen on the welcome screen.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
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