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POPS
How can I find out if I am administrator.And if not , how
to sign on as admin. Thanks..POPS -30-
to sign on as admin. Thanks..POPS -30-
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Robin Walker [MVP]
POPS said:How can I find out if I am administrator.
Open control panel "User Accounts": that will list the type of each account.
And if not , how to sign on as admin.
Ask the person who is Administrator of your PC, who is capable of creating
further Administrator accounts.
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Bill Sanderson
With XP Home, the default user type is a limited user, I believe.
In XP Home, you need to restart the machine in Safe mode, which will give
you the opportunity to log in as Administrator, usually with a blank
password.
Once logged in as administrator, you can use the Users applet in Control
Panel to change your chosen account to an administrator.
In XP Home, you need to restart the machine in Safe mode, which will give
you the opportunity to log in as Administrator, usually with a blank
password.
Once logged in as administrator, you can use the Users applet in Control
Panel to change your chosen account to an administrator.
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POPS
-----Original Message-----
POPS said:How can I find out if I am administrator.
Open control panel "User Accounts": that will list the type of each account.
And if not , how to sign on as admin.
Ask the person who is Administrator of your PC, who is capable of creating
further Administrator accounts.
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Robin Walker [MVP Networking]
(e-mail address removed)
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Thank you, Robin. I am administrator...POPS -30-
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Robin Walker [MVP]
Bill Sanderson said:With XP Home, the default user type is a limited user, I believe.
If only that were true, we would not have a fraction of the malware that we
suffer now in the world.
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Bill Sanderson
I worked with a colleague over the phone the other day--there were two
"visible" accounts on the machine, and both were limited--he was unable to
create a VPN connection, nor to change properties of TCP/IP from fixed to
automatic--on a laptop he was using on vacation.
It was a machine his wife had borrowed from an employer, and they consulted
him, and he was oblivious to why this should be.
I finally thought to check whether this was XP Home, and indeed it was, and
he rebooted to safe mode, logged in as administrator and created a new
account for his wife as an administrator. We were then able to set IP to
automatic, create a VPN connection and get him connected to his desktop at
one of my client sites.
I had thought that the default account was usually called "owner" and was a
quasi-administrator--there are a few things that can only be done in the
real safe-mode administrator, I believe.
OK--I'm sitting at my wife's machine now, which is running XP Home until I
can get a copy of Pro to go on it. And, indeed, if you create a new user,
by default, they are an administrator. Somebody was doing the right thing
on that laptop--and probably won't thank me for interfering when it comes
back from vacation!
"visible" accounts on the machine, and both were limited--he was unable to
create a VPN connection, nor to change properties of TCP/IP from fixed to
automatic--on a laptop he was using on vacation.
It was a machine his wife had borrowed from an employer, and they consulted
him, and he was oblivious to why this should be.
I finally thought to check whether this was XP Home, and indeed it was, and
he rebooted to safe mode, logged in as administrator and created a new
account for his wife as an administrator. We were then able to set IP to
automatic, create a VPN connection and get him connected to his desktop at
one of my client sites.
I had thought that the default account was usually called "owner" and was a
quasi-administrator--there are a few things that can only be done in the
real safe-mode administrator, I believe.
OK--I'm sitting at my wife's machine now, which is running XP Home until I
can get a copy of Pro to go on it. And, indeed, if you create a new user,
by default, they are an administrator. Somebody was doing the right thing
on that laptop--and probably won't thank me for interfering when it comes
back from vacation!