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

"chasgl" <(E-Mail Removed)> 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

THanks

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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