Administrator

[N]

Hello:

Yesterday I was able to access my computer as an
administrator. I added two new user profiles with
limited access yesterday. Now I cannot access the
computer as an administrator anymore. I never had a
password for the administrator before and did not install
passwords for the new profiles. Any ideas on how I can
access the computer wih admin privledges but without a
password.

Any help or guidance would be appreciated.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Press CTRL-ALT-DEL twice at the welcome screen. Enter Administrator and
leave the password blank. Then To enable the Administrator account on the
new Windows XP logon screen, visit my web site, www.dougknox.com and go to
the Windows XP section. Follow the link for Enable Administrator Account
.......

This small VB Script will make the registry change necessary for the
Administrator account to be available on the Welcome Screen. If you prefer
to do it manually, click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList\

Note: There is a space between Windows and NT in the above Key.

Add the Administrator account if necessary and/or change the Administrator
value to 1

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

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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