How can I recover the Administrator account

[grant cameron]

Hi,
I'm running windows xp (my son's computer), and
added a new user (grant) but we lost the Administrator
account that my son was using. I can see that the
folder under document and settings is still there
for administrator, but the administrator account does
not show up on the login screen. How can we recover the
Administrator account?

Thanks

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

As you've learned, 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.

The built-in Administrator account really isn't intended to be
used for day-to-day normal use. The standard security practice is to
set a strong password on it and use it only to create another account
for regular use, reserving the Administrator account as a "back door"
in case something corrupts your regular account(s).

You wisest course of action would be to create another user
account for your son's daily use, and copy desired the files and
settings from the Administrator account to this newly created user
profile.

How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151


Bruce Chambers
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----- grant cameron wrote: ----

Hi
I'm running windows xp (my computer), an
added a new user (Brandon Daniel and Gregory) but we lost the Administrato
account that my son was using. I can see that th
folder under document and settings is still ther
for administrator, but the administrator account doe
not show up on the login screen. How can we recover th
Administrator account

Thank