Administrator account

[Guest]

I've just discovered the Administrator ("Built in account for administering
the computer / domain), and learned how to access it from the welcome page
(alt./control/delete twice), but can not enter it to password protect it. I
do not recall setting a password when I orginally (clean) installed XP on my
system. I've tried entering "Administrator" and leaving the password blank.
I have, and am using, the administrator account that I established after
Windows was installed. This is a single user system at home. Any ideas?
Thanks. How much risk is there in leaving it as it is? I have a hardware
firewall in my router, and a current software firewall (Norton) installed and
running all the time.

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

I've just discovered the Administrator ("Built in account for administering
the computer / domain), and learned how to access it from the welcome page
(alt./control/delete twice), but can not enter it to password protect it. I
do not recall setting a password when I orginally (clean) installed XP on my
system. I've tried entering "Administrator" and leaving the password blank.
I have, and am using, the administrator account that I established after
Windows was installed. This is a single user system at home. Any ideas?

Hi

From your ordinary administrator account, run the following command
from Start/Run:

control userpasswords2

Then reset the password for the builtin Administrator user account.