Administrator Account doesn't show up

[Brian Bonewitz]

Hey Folks,

I have a Windows XP Pro machine that only shows a user's name in the User
Accounts window. When I tried to create an "Administrator" account it says
"An account named "Administrator" already exists. Type a different name."

The only accounts that are listed are "Jane" & "Guest"

How do I get the Administrator account to show up so I can use it?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Press Ctrl+Alt+Del twice when logging on.

 

[Brian Bonewitz]

Thank you!!!

So that leads me to two more questions.

1) How would you make the "Administrator" icon show up on the windows logon
page that has the icon next to the user name?

2) And how would you hide it if "Administrator" shows up on the windows
logon page?

Thanks for your help!

-Brian

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

The visibility of accounts on the logon screen can be
controlled via a registry hack:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\
CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList

To hide an existing account (e.g. "Brian"): Create a new
DWord value called "Brian". Put 0 in its data field.

To make the "Administrator" account visible: Create a new
DWord value called "Administrator". Put 1 in its data field.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

TweakUI has this capability.

TweakUI is available from

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp (SP1 and later systems)

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/downloads/powertoys.asp (Pre SP1 systems)

To enable the Administrator account on the new Windows XP logon screen, visit my web site, www.dougknox.com and go to the Windows XP section. Follow the link for Enable Administrator Account ......

This small VB Script will make the registry change necessary for the Administrator account to be available on the Welcome Screen. If you prefer to do it manually, click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList\

Note: There is a space between Windows and NT in the above Key.

Add the Administrator account if necessary and/or change the Administrator value to 1

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

The built-in Administrator account really isn't intended to be
used for day-to-day normal use. The standard security practice is to
set a strong password on it and use it only to create another account
for regular use, reserving the Administrator account as a "back door"
in case something corrupts your regular account(s).

As you've learned, once any additional user accounts have been
created, the Administrator account will no longer be displayed on the
Welcome Screen. This is a default security feature. 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.

You wisest course of action would be to create another user
account for your daily use, and copy desired the files and settings
from the Administrator account to this newly created user profile.

Bruce Chambers
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