Administrator login

[James]

Hi.

Is there any way you can log on as administrator in xp
home?

Somehow a computer was setup without any other accounts
and then someone put in a new user account and then
Administrator disappeared from the login screen. Problem
is all the programs, internet, etc were installed in the
Administrator account and now can't get to them.

The Administrator account is still in user accounts under
control panel and you can log into it in safe mode.

Thanks for any clues?

 

[Kelly]

Hi James,

Note: You shouldn't be running your system from the Admin Account. What
happened in your case is very normal. To correct:

TweakUI/Logon/Show Administrator on the Welcome Screen
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Or...

Enable/Disable Administrator on Welcome Screen (Line 5)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

[Alex Nichol]

Is there any way you can log on as administrator in xp
home?

Boot to Safe mode and it will be on the Welcome screen. Either by
hitting F8 as BIOS info goes to black, to get the menu and choose Safe
Mode, or by running MSConfig.exe and on the Boot.ini page checking
SAFEBOOT then exiting to reboot to safe mode. If you do that you will
have to run it again and uncheck the box to boot back to Normal. When
you do, there will be a message about 'Troubleshooting'. Check the 'Do
not show again' box and exit