Multiple users, administrator is a must

[Guest]

With XP there must be an administrator, it seems. How can I fool proof the setting up multiple users and allow for the guest option?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

With XP there must be an administrator, it seems.

Yes, this is true. This is a fail-safe so that you cannot lock yourself out
(of course, if you forget the admin password as well, then you are SOL w/o a
reset disk).

How can I fool proof the setting up multiple users and allow for the guest
option?

Huh?

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[Ally]

Hi,


Yes, this is true. This is a fail-safe so that you cannot lock
yourself out (of course, if you forget the admin password as
well, then you are SOL w/o a reset disk).

Mind a follow-up question?

Why do I need *two* admin-privileged accounts? The control panel
won't let me demote an account to a lowly user, claiming I need at
least one administrator. Alright, makes sense -- except I already
had one (namely the default "Administrator"). Had to create a third
account just to turn the second one into a limited account, i.e. I
went from having Administrator (admin) and SecondAccount (admin) to
Administrator (admin), SecondAccount (limited) and ExtraneousAdmin
(admin).

Is that weird? And yes, the Administrator account *is* an
administrator account. After all, I regularly use it to break random
things

~Ally

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

HOW TO Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279783

Bruce Chambers

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