Two Identical Administrators (with same name)

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

For the 1st part: See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=279783

For the 2nd part: Two accounts of the same name can't exist. Type NET USERS
in Command Prompt to list the accounts. Type SET to gather mre info of the
currently logged on a/c.

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Ramesh, Windows XP MVP
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"DSG" <jgillig1@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
news:uWHAe.24576$e%5.17596@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> My technician did not arrange for Administrator (me) to have a password
> during setup. Can I just do this now (three months later)?
>
> Do I do this in Control Panel, or in Computer Management?
>
> Also, it looks like I am two identical users:
> Don, administrator
> and
> Don, administrator
>
> I can switch to either of them, but they show up exactly the same at the
> Welcome screen. The only difference is: both desktops are arranged the
> same, EXCEPT one of the Dons has a Roxio shortcut icon on the desk top.
>
> I would like to eliminate one of them. I don't know which is which.
>