administrator account

After I did a XP clean install from Me, I don't see an administrator account
in the control panel users administation screen. Is there one hidden, or do
I need to create it if I want it. If there is one I don't see, how do I log
onto it? ctrl-alt-del X2 and the pswd is???

Thaks,

XP Home or XP Pro?

You can only login as Administrator via Safe Mode in Windows XP Home
Edition. However, any account with Admin rights should be sufficient in XP
Home.


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"CS" <CS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FE9BF31A-9140-4D25-A927-7E829BA78FF9@microsoft.com...
> After I did a XP clean install from Me, I don't see an administrator
> account
> in the control panel users administation screen. Is there one hidden, or
> do
> I need to create it if I want it. If there is one I don't see, how do I
> log
> onto it? ctrl-alt-del X2 and the pswd is???
>
> Thaks,
>

Yes, if this is XP Pro, you can press CTRL+AL+DEL twice at the Welcome screen to see the built-in administrator account. If you did not create a password for this account during installation then the password will be blank.

If this is XP Home Edition, you can only access the built-in administrator account by restarting in Safe Mode.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"CS" <CS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FE9BF31A-9140-4D25-A927-7E829BA78FF9@microsoft.com...
> After I did a XP clean install from Me, I don't see an administrator account
> in the control panel users administation screen. Is there one hidden, or do
> I need to create it if I want it. If there is one I don't see, how do I log
> onto it? ctrl-alt-del X2 and the pswd is???
>
> Thaks,
>

Yes, it's XP HE and... Thanks!
c

"Ronnie Vernon MVP" <ronv@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:u97$7jVQGHA.1868@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
Yes, if this is XP Pro, you can press CTRL+AL+DEL twice at the Welcome
screen to see the built-in administrator account. If you did not create a
password for this account during installation then the password will be
blank.

If this is XP Home Edition, you can only access the built-in administrator
account by restarting in Safe Mode.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"CS" <CS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FE9BF31A-9140-4D25-A927-7E829BA78FF9@microsoft.com...
> After I did a XP clean install from Me, I don't see an administrator
> account
> in the control panel users administation screen. Is there one hidden, or
> do
> I need to create it if I want it. If there is one I don't see, how do I
> log
> onto it? ctrl-alt-del X2 and the pswd is???
>
> Thaks,
>

"cs8100" <cescanlan@optonline.net> wrote in message news:OuZfWZgQGHA.1160@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Yes, it's XP HE and... Thanks!
> c
>
> "Ronnie Vernon MVP" <ronv@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:u97$7jVQGHA.1868@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Yes, if this is XP Pro, you can press CTRL+AL+DEL twice at the Welcome
> screen to see the built-in administrator account. If you did not create a
> password for this account during installation then the password will be
> blank.
>
> If this is XP Home Edition, you can only access the built-in administrator
> account by restarting in Safe Mode.
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "CS" <CS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FE9BF31A-9140-4D25-A927-7E829BA78FF9@microsoft.com...
>> After I did a XP clean install from Me, I don't see an administrator
>> account
>> in the control panel users administation screen. Is there one hidden, or
>> do
>> I need to create it if I want it. If there is one I don't see, how do I
>> log
>> onto it? ctrl-alt-del X2 and the pswd is???
>>
>> Thaks,
>>

C,

Glad this helped. Enjoy.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User