Don't recall the administrator user name

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Mary Ellen

I recently had this box made for me and I am having alot
of strange things happen. I noticed there was an admin
set up so I proceeded to set my name & pic up, and don't
recall what the admin name is that the tech used. I am
stuck, can't do a restore or anything. Also when I dbl
clk for a link it will open like a task bar with just the
title of pg I have to go up and max it to see it?
 
When you create another account, XP hides the Administrator account.
From the Welcome Screen you can press Ctl-Alt-Del twice and then logon
to Administrator, but you will need the password that was used when XP
Pro was setup.

If you are using Home Edition, reboot, press F8 after the BIOS screen
and logon to Administrator in safe mode with no password. Now you can
give your own account Computer Administrator privileges or create a new
admin account. Save Administrator for emergency use and use another
admin account for routine administration. It is safest to browse and
read email from a limited account, but fast user switching makes it easy
to go back and forth.
 
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