System Administrator Removal

[Guest]

Hi,
While installing a new printer in the instuctions I was told that I had to
be an System Administrator and so I set it up and have a password. What I
want to know is how do I disable or remove System Administrator. Any help
would be appreciated.
Thankyou,
daveJ

 

[DatabaseBen]

when a program says the administrator is needed for
installation, it simply means that a user with stripped down
privileges should not install the software.

as the only user or main user of your
friendly pc, you are "the default administrator"

if you try to remove it, you will no longer have
full control of your machine and you will incur
a very bigggg headache trying to gain control again.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Dave

Leave things as they are for the next time a problem arises.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[smlunatick]

NEVER remove the System Administrator. This is a system requirement
account.

 

[lvee]

Hi,
While installing a new printer in the instuctions I was told that I had
to
be an System Administrator and so I set it up and have a password. What I
want to know is how do I disable or remove System Administrator. Any help
would be appreciated.
Thankyou,
daveJ

Did you try installing the software and get an error message, or did you
read the instructions first and assumed you needed to create an account to
install the software?
In order for you to have set up an account with administrative rights, you
had to have had administrative rights user account already, OR you were
using the built-in default system admin account. The two are not the same
thing. So, what account type were you using before you created the user
account with admin rights?
To answer your question..IF you already had an account with admin rights,
you can use that account to delete the second user account, HOWEVER, I would
be very cautious.
You don't want to uses the built-in default admin account as your everyday
account. That account is hidden by design once you create a user account
with admin rights, and it's for a very good reason, and you cannot, by
design delete the built-in admin account.