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.
Bruce Chambers
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John Hom said:
I've just installed Windows XP Professional and have a question
about logging in as Administrator. During the install, XP prompted
for an Administrator password, but I cannot seem to access this
account. I've created four additional accounts, three of which are
"restricted," the fourth, "root," has the privileges of "computer
administrator." I doubt that I need "root," but I'm afraid if I
remove it I'll lose the ability to do administrative tasks.