how to log in as Administrator

[tanya]

i recently created a new user, now i cannot login as
Administrator any more! how do i do this????

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

i recently created a new user, now i cannot login as
Administrator any more! how do i do this????

If you create a new user with Administrator privileges, then the default
Administrator profile will not be displayed by default.

You can cause the default administrator account to be displayed using the
free TweakUI Powertoy. The option is in the Logon menu.

TweakUI is available from
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
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Microsoft MVP
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[XP User]

Ctrl+Alt+Delete+Delete or use TweakUI as suggested in Ronnie's post

 

[Mike Kolitz]

Just a quick note:
the CRTL+ALT+DEL x2 trick that XP User mentioned will only work on XP
Professional.

In XP Home, even though you'll be able to get to the "classic" logon prompt
using this trick, you won't be able to log on as Administrator due to policy
settings in the OS. You'll need to start your computer in Safe Mode if you
want to log in as Administrator in XP Home.

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MS-MVP - Windows Setup and Deployment

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[XP User]

Yes, I didn't think to mention that. Thanks!

 

[Alex Nichol]

i recently created a new user, now i cannot login as
Administrator any more! how do i do this?

The account called Administrator should be regarded as a reserve account
for emergencies only.. For that reason, once another user account has
been made that has Admin status (which can do all day to day admin), the
'Administrator' one is hidden from the Welcome screen.

In XP Pro you can log on to it by hitting CTL-ALT-DEL twice at Welcome
to get the old-style dialog and entering the explicit name
Administrator

In Pro or Home it will appear on Welcome if you boot to Safe Mode

 

[Duncan McNutt]

Would it be the "Local security Policy" local policies, user rights
assignemnt that determins an account has adminstrator, and not just being in
the the group or name.

If i delete all groups make an ew one called "bob" and a user called "joe"
and set that group to the values in the user rights assignemnt then Joe, in
the group bob has admin rights?

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Duncan McNutt
Microsoft Product Deactivation Team
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i recently created a new user, now i cannot login as
Administrator any more! how do i do this?

The account called Administrator should be regarded as a reserve account
for emergencies only.. For that reason, once another user account has
been made that has Admin status (which can do all day to day admin), the
'Administrator' one is hidden from the Welcome screen.

In XP Pro you can log on to it by hitting CTL-ALT-DEL twice at Welcome
to get the old-style dialog and entering the explicit name
Administrator

In Pro or Home it will appear on Welcome if you boot to Safe Mode

 

[Alex Nichol]

Would it be the "Local security Policy" local policies, user rights
assignemnt that determins an account has adminstrator, and not just being in
the the group or name.

Accounts in XP have various levels of privilege - Guest at the bottom,
then Limited Users, then (In Pro) Power Users, then Administrators. The
level is controlled by the group the user is in - in a run of
control userpasswords2
and look in the account's Properties.

Any user with Admin status can do any admin task - but there is this one
*called* Administrator kept in reserve, in case of accidents or
stupidity. While the account *can* be renamed I would rate that under
the stupidity head

 

[Duncan McNutt .[FTSE]]

I mean on unix its a UID of 0 that determins the root account not the name ,
it can be called "bob" for all it cares.

What is it on windows that determines the root account, what properties at
the lower level?

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Duncan McNutt
Microsoft Product Deactivation Team

 

[Alexander Grigoriev]

There is "Administrators" group.
If an user belongs to Administrators, it's admin account.

Administrator account doesn't have unrestricted access to everything,
though. More powerful account is LOCAL_SYSTEM, under which the services and
the kernel run.