mwebsurfer said:
This is probably a stupid question, but how does one log on
to the computer as administrater for purposes of doing a
repair or upgrade when changing motherboard, processor and
memory? I have downloaded the procedure but have never tried
to do this. Any advice will be appreciated as I attempt this
complicated process(upgrade, repair).
How you do this depends on whether you are running XP Home or XP
professional.
XP Home:
The Administrator account is only accessible from safe mode. Press F8 while
the machine is booting up. the correct time is just as the drives are
detected, but not all BIOSs display this. You may mave to experiment to get
the timing right. The matter is not helped by some BIOSs using F8 to enter
the setup menu. If this happens simply quit without saving changes and then
immediately hit F8 just after it exits. Once in Safe mode, the
Administrator account is offered on the welcome screen. If you have set a
password you will have to enter it. Note that on VGA connected monitors,
the Administrator account is only offered in the default VGA resolution (it
shows at normal resolution on DVI monitors).
XP Professional:
From the welcome screen, press Ctrl-Alt-Del twice. Overtype the default
account with 'Administrator'. The password needs to be entered (but if it
hasn't been set leave the password blank).
If you are having real problems, the administrator account can also be
entered in safe mode as above.
