Help on accounts and Administrator accounts?

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typeLL wrote:
> Ok i got one user account which is the default Administrator and it
> won't let me create a limited account because i have to create at
> least one Computer Administrator but I'm already the default
> Administrator. so im suppose to create another account with
> administrative privelege. How Many administrator account do i suppose
> to have?
>
> some people here say that when you first create another user account
> it will be a 2nd administrator privelege and the 1st default
> Administrator will be hidden for use when there's a problem. so I'm
> suppose to have 2 administrator account, one is a hidden
> administrator and second is the one i created, then i can create a
> limited account after that.

Windows XP Professional or Home?
If Home - the Administrator account is already hidden and can only be used
from Safe mode.

Technically - you can have one administrator (the 'default' one as you say)
and all limited accounts after that on Professional without a problem - but
if you forget the admin account password and don't have a backup or -
something goes corrupt and you cannot log into the system as the admin
account - the second is nice to have - just make sure they are strpng
passwords.

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