difference between "Admin" and "Administrator" user

[mike-ca]

after install Windows XP Pro, it created 2 users "Admin" and
"Administrator", what is the difference between those 2 accounts??

thanks

 

[Galen]

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after install Windows XP Pro, it created 2 users "Admin" and
"Administrator", what is the difference between those 2 accounts??

thanks

Couldn't tell you without being there...

Start
Run
Type "control userpasswords"
<ENTER>
Look at the accounts... It will say if they're both admin or not.

Normal creation/installation creates an Administrator account. Admin must
have been something you or the OEM insisted needed to be there AFAIK.

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[Steven L Umbach]

Apparently admin is the name of a user account you specified during
installation. If both user accounts are in the local administrators group
the difference between the two is that the built in administrator account
can not be deleted or removed from the administrators group while the other
account can. Also each user account has a unique identifier called a SID
that can be used to assign permissions and user rights.

Steve