Adminstrator profile is the only one that can change the password?

[MPalen]

I set up a second profile and gave it admin rights... But it can't see
the administrator account on the machine. Is there a work around or a
setting I'm missing.
I thought it the profile had admin rights, it could see the
adminstrator profile and would be able to change the password. Am I
wrong?

 

[Gordon]

I set up a second profile and gave it admin rights... But it can't see
the administrator account on the machine. Is there a work around or a
setting I'm missing.
I thought it the profile had admin rights, it could see the
adminstrator profile and would be able to change the password. Am I
wrong?

When you say it can't "see" the Administrator account, do you mean in
Explorer, or in Control Panel-Users or what?
Also what version of XP are you running?

 

[Malke]

When you say it can't "see" the Administrator account, do you mean in
Explorer, or in Control Panel-Users or what?
Also what version of XP are you running?

OK, what it sounds like is normal behavior in that when you make a
second user account the Administrator account is no longer seen. It is
still there. However, the original post is not clear about what the OP
is seeing and trying to do. M. Palen - please post back to this thread
with a better description of the problem and what you are trying to do.

Malke

 

[Guest]

Hello,

I, too, have a "missing Administrator account" problem and I'm curious about
the "normal behavior" you are referring to. In my case, the Administrator
account (Windows XP Pro, SP2) was used to set up a number of utilities. I
had never had to log on at all, the computer just booted to the desktop.
After setting up those utilities, I created a new user with administrative
rights. Now, I seem to only boot to the new user account and the installed
utilities are not visible on the new desktop. I am unable to delete the new
user account because the system says it is the only administrative account,
yet the desktop is different. If, as you say, the Administrator account is
still around, how do I log onto it to delete the new user account?

Thanks,

John

 

[Gordon]

Hello,

I, too, have a "missing Administrator account" problem and I'm curious about
the "normal behavior" you are referring to. In my case, the Administrator
account (Windows XP Pro, SP2) was used to set up a number of utilities. I
had never had to log on at all, the computer just booted to the desktop.
After setting up those utilities, I created a new user with administrative
rights. Now, I seem to only boot to the new user account and the installed
utilities are not visible on the new desktop. I am unable to delete the new
user account because the system says it is the only administrative account,
yet the desktop is different. If, as you say, the Administrator account is
still around, how do I log onto it to delete the new user account?

Thanks,

John

At the welcome Screen, press Ctl-Alt-Del twice and you should see the
old W2K-style login box. Type in "administrator" (without the quotes) in
the username box, and supply whatever password you set up.
BTW, you should NEVER use the built-in administrator account for daily
use. It is your only access to the machine short of a repair install of
XP should any of your user accounts go belly up.

HTH


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[Guest]

Hi Gordon,

Thanks for the tip and the advice. I don't plan on using the Administrator
account for everyday use, I just used it to install these utilities before
setting up the new user account for everyday use. It just seemed like the
reasonable thing to do. Now I realize that I should have probably created
the user account first, and will do so once I get back to the administrator
account. Thanks for the quick response.

John