restoring Admin account to XP

[JoAnn]

The Admin account was accidentally deleted from XP
Professional after a limited account had been set up. How
can I get in to restore or setup an Admin account?

 

[null]

The Admin account was accidentally deleted from XP
Professional after a limited account had been set up. How
can I get in to restore or setup an Admin account?

You cannot delete the Administrator account, although it can be renamed.
You can try a Repair using the Windows CD, but as always, backup all
important data that you don't want to lose, just in case something goes
wrong.

 

[Anonymizer]

The admin account gets hidden after you create another
account. There is nothing wrong with your computer. Once
you created that other account, the safety account (admin
that microsoft hides once it has another account) get
unshown. If you want to see it, when booting your
computer, furiously tap F8 and start in safe mode or safe
mode with networking. When the screen shows up, you will
see the admin account.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

For XP Pro: Press CTRL-ALT-DEL twice at the Welcome Screen with no users logged on. You'll get the old Win2K style logon.

To enable the Administrator account on the new Windows XP logon screen, visit my web site, www.dougknox.com and go to the Windows XP section. Follow the link for Enable Administrator Account ......

This small VB Script will make the registry change necessary for the Administrator account to be available on the Welcome Screen.

For XP Home: Once you create additional user accounts, you can only access the built in Administrator account from Safe Mode.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

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).

As you've learned, once any additional user accounts have been
created, the Administrator account will no longer be displayed on the
Welcome Screen. (The built-in Administrator account *cannot* be
deleted, although it can be renamed.) 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.

You wisest course of action would be to create another user
account for your 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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