Hidden user account

[Guest]

My sister was messing with my computer and she created a new administrator
account and locked me out, now the account wont show at the welcome screen.
how do i find this account so that the password can be typed in, as i need
access to the admin account?

 

[da_test]

My sister was messing with my computer and she created a new administrator
account and locked me out, now the account wont show at the welcome screen.
how do i find this account so that the password can be typed in, as i need
access to the admin account?

Logon as somebody with administrator authority.
Access the control panel/User accounts.
Select "change account"
Select the account in question and set it up as desired.
Dave

 

[Guest]

the option "change account" is not available, i think she might have changed
the only admin account to limited, i so scared, what do i do?

 

[Kelly]

Hi Esto,

This is by design. And please note that it is NOT best to run XP under the
System Admin account. Create your own. For more info on how to copy, see
below the rest and good luck!

On Pro Edition, from the Welcome Screen, press ctrl-Alt-Delete Twice. On
Home, boot to Safe Mode, and logon.

Tip:

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

Note:

If you have disabled the built in administrator account, booting into
Safe Mode will automatically enable it again (temporarily, for that
Safe Mode session).

Copy a User Profile:

Open System in Control Panel. On the User Profiles tab, and under Profiles
stored on this computer, click the user profile you want to copy, and then
click Copy To.

In the Copy To dialog box, under Copy profile to, type the location for the
new profile, or click Browse to select the path.
Click Change to open the Choose User dialog box, click a new user from the
Names list, and then click Add. The new user name will appear in Add Name.
Click OK to add the user as a new user profile on your computer.

Note: You must be logged on as an administrator to the local computer to
copy user profiles. To open a Control Panel item, click Start, point to
Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click the appropriate icon.

Note 2: You cannot copy the account you are currently logged in on. You
must log into another account.

Note 3: If you create a new account, you must logon once before you copy
another account over top of it. Windows creates the user profile at logon,
not at account creation, and it will not use the copy you created before
that first logon, it will create a user.COMPUTERNAME folder instead.

Note 4: To resolve this issue, verify that the user account is not logged
on before you try to copy its profile. If you are currently logged on as
this user, log off, log on again by using a different user account, and then
copy the profile. If
you are not logged on as the user account that you are trying to copy, that
account may be logged on in a different session (using Fast User Switching).

To force that account to be logged off, start Task Manager, click the Users
tab, click the user account, and then click Logoff.

To work around this behavior, you can also create a user who has
administrative privileges, log on as that user, and then copy the profile of
the first user.

Added info:

HOW TO: Create a Custom Default User Profile:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q305709

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

 

[da_test]

the option "change account" is not available, i think she might have changed
the only admin account to limited, i so scared, what do i do?

if still unresolved, login to safemode.
Select administrator from the login screen.
Access user accounts as mentioned previously.
Dave