Change Adminstrator's password

[pudge]

How do I change the default Administrator account's
password? You know, the one that is created during
install that we all click through without setting?

After being stung hard by the W32.Klez variants, I want to
make sure *every* userid on my system has a not-to-be-
guessed password.

I cannot see the Administrator account under "User
Accounts" in Control Panel - it only shows my personal
account and the disabled guest account. Computer Mangement
lets me see the account but do nothing to it. And my
personal account does have administrator privledges

Is the way to update the Administrator account password
the same for XP Pro and XP Home?

Thanks,
Steve

 

[Kelly]

Press Control/Alt/Delete Twice for Pro and Boot into safe mode and login for
Home.

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]

How do I change the default Administrator account's
password? You know, the one that is created during
install that we all click through without setting?

After being stung hard by the W32.Klez variants, I want to
make sure *every* userid on my system has a not-to-be-
guessed password.

At a (user) Admin logon Start - Run the line
control userpasswords2

There you can select any account, including 'Administrator' and 'reset
password'

Make sure that you have a written record locked away securely, just in
case.

 

[R. McCarty]

It might also be a good idea to create a password disk, from
the Users applet in Control Panel.