Confused about Administrator account

[Guest]

Recently upgraded from 98 SE to XP Pro. In 98 I set up and then deleted a
user profile for my daughter. Her name remained in the registry and it then
transferred itself as the "main/default" account in XP Pro.

A couple of questions around this issue (sorry if the following seems
convoluted). I set up a profile for each member of my family including
myself (with admin rights). Under Computer Management - Local Users and
Groups, I saw my daughter's old (98) username under the "Name" column and my
first name (as I set up for my profile) under the "Full Name" column. Under
"Name", I changed my daughter's name to mine followed by the number 1.
Here's the thing, this account is described as the upgraded account from 98.
I see "Administrator" at the top of the Local User and Group window. In the
Logon/Welcome screen my profile name is the one I've entered under "Full
Name". If I press CTRL/ALT/DLT twice, I see my name with the addition of the
#1 (as entered under "Name").

Now that I've confused the hell out of everyone, which account is the
Administrator account? Is it the CTL/ALT/DLT X2? If so, why do I see
"Administrator" under the Local Users and Groups heading. Finally, is my
profile on the Logon screen which has administrator rights one that I can
remove the Admin rights from (for virus/trojan security) and use normally and
do the CTRL/ALT/DLT when I need to do administrative tasks?

Thanks

 

[David Candy]

CAD at the welcome screen shows the last user to use it. Nothing to do with administrators. Anyone can use it.

 

[Alex Nichol]

Now that I've confused the hell out of everyone, which account is the
Administrator account? Is it the CTL/ALT/DLT X2? If so, why do I see
"Administrator" under the Local Users and Groups heading. Finally, is my
profile on the Logon screen which has administrator rights one that I can
remove the Admin rights from (for virus/trojan security) and use normally and
do the CTRL/ALT/DLT when I need to do administrative tasks?

If you go to Control Panel - User Accounts you will see an icon for each
user account, noting its status - maybe 'Computer Administrator'

Once you have a user account with this status, the 'master' one called
'Administrator' is hidden to be kept in reserve. You can access it from
a Safe Mode boot, or in Pro by hitting Ctl-Alt-Del twice at Welcome and
entering it explicitly in the old style logon