changing username of administrator to Administrator

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sriram

Hi

How to change my username "John" which is an administrator acc to
username
"Administrator", I am not able to rename it as such on my XP home. Nor
am able to create new account with such name.
Any ideas????

thanks in advance
Sriram
 
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Bruce Chambers

Greetings --

This is because WinXP will not allow two accounts with the same
username. There is already an Administrator account built into WinXP
upon installation. Until you rename the default, built-in
Administrator account, you cannot name any other account
"administrator."

Bruce Chambers

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sriram

thanks bruce
exactly thats the point how do I login with usename "Administrator"?
I gave "John" as the Admin name during installation and Now How do I
change to Admin...
If this is not possible how do i access this inbuilt user called
Administrator
in XP home???

thanks
sriram
 
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Bruce Chambers

Greetings --

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.


Bruce Chambers

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