Hidden Admin account?

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"Zak T" <z@a.me.uk> wrote in message
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| My 8 year old grandson is rapidly teaching himself the ins & outs of XP
Home
| on his PC
| and is beginning to get dangerous. Recently he's discovered how to set up
| his own passworded
| Admin account and I'm concerned that he might forget his password and lock
| himself out.
| Is it possible for me set up a 'hidden' Admin account that he'll be unable
| to tamper with just
| so that I can get in should this occur?


Consider creating a password reset disk.

Open User Accounts in Control Panel. Highlight a given user and click
"Prevent a forgotten password" in the Tasks Panel. This is dependent on your
system having a floppy disk drive.

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I'm not an MVP a VIP nor do I have ESP.
I was just trying to help.
Please use your own best judgment before implementing any suggestions or
advice herein.
No warranty is expressed or implied.
Your mileage may vary.
See store for details.  

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I believe there is an "Administrator" account built in. This is different
from the one you would set up when installing XP.

Logon as "Administrator" as the username (no password) so then you can reset
passwords for your users etc, and do everything you would do with your own
Administrator account/account with admin priviledges.

Others here can correct me on the above if I'm misinformed.....



"Zak T" <z@a.me.uk> wrote in message
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> My 8 year old grandson is rapidly teaching himself the ins & outs of XP
> Home on his PC
> and is beginning to get dangerous. Recently he's discovered how to set up
> his own passworded
> Admin account and I'm concerned that he might forget his password and lock
> himself out.
> Is it possible for me set up a 'hidden' Admin account that he'll be unable
> to tamper with just
> so that I can get in should this occur?
>

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Thank you folks. Both methods appear to solve any future problems

"HillBillyBuddhist" <hillbillybuddhist@shoesgmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Zak T" <z@a.me.uk> wrote in message
> news:cvobbd$sad$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
> | My 8 year old grandson is rapidly teaching himself the ins & outs of XP
> Home
> | on his PC
> | and is beginning to get dangerous. Recently he's discovered how to set
> up
> | his own passworded
> | Admin account and I'm concerned that he might forget his password and
> lock
> | himself out.
> | Is it possible for me set up a 'hidden' Admin account that he'll be
> unable
> | to tamper with just
> | so that I can get in should this occur?
>
>
> Consider creating a password reset disk.
>
> Open User Accounts in Control Panel. Highlight a given user and click
> "Prevent a forgotten password" in the Tasks Panel. This is dependent on
> your
> system having a floppy disk drive.
>
> --
> D
>
> I'm not an MVP a VIP nor do I have ESP.
> I was just trying to help.
> Please use your own best judgment before implementing any suggestions or
> advice herein.
> No warranty is expressed or implied.
> Your mileage may vary.
> See store for details.  
>
> Remove shoes to E-mail.
>
>