administrator account

[Guest]

After I did a XP clean install from Me, I don't see an administrator account
in the control panel users administation screen. Is there one hidden, or do
I need to create it if I want it. If there is one I don't see, how do I log
onto it? ctrl-alt-del X2 and the pswd is???

Thaks,

 

[Donny Broome]

XP Home or XP Pro?

You can only login as Administrator via Safe Mode in Windows XP Home
Edition. However, any account with Admin rights should be sufficient in XP
Home.

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Yes, if this is XP Pro, you can press CTRL+AL+DEL twice at the Welcome screen to see the built-in administrator account. If you did not create a password for this account during installation then the password will be blank.

If this is XP Home Edition, you can only access the built-in administrator account by restarting in Safe Mode.

 

[cs8100]

Yes, it's XP HE and... Thanks!
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Yes, if this is XP Pro, you can press CTRL+AL+DEL twice at the Welcome
screen to see the built-in administrator account. If you did not create a
password for this account during installation then the password will be
blank.

If this is XP Home Edition, you can only access the built-in administrator
account by restarting in Safe Mode.

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Yes, it's XP HE and... Thanks!
c

Yes, if this is XP Pro, you can press CTRL+AL+DEL twice at the Welcome
screen to see the built-in administrator account. If you did not create a
password for this account during installation then the password will be
blank.

If this is XP Home Edition, you can only access the built-in administrator
account by restarting in Safe Mode.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

C,

Glad this helped. Enjoy.