guest vs admin accounts

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Folks:


I would like to gain administrative access to an XP machine on my home
network.

So from within windows explorer, I type \\MachineName\c$. The dialog box
that shows up has the user name "Guest" ;all grayed out anyhow. Now I know
that Guest is disabled by default.


* But what about the admin account that I created when I first
installed the (XP) Operating system ?
* How can I get the dialog box to ask for the admin account rather
than the disabled guest account ?



Thanks,
Jo.
 
Two things you can check...

first, is the guest account really disabled? if it is then you won't
see that box.

second, did the administrator account have a password?

usually when u give a user name in the last stages of XP installation
that is taken as th administrator account, as a security measure so as
not to use the administrator user name, which is more prone to hacking
than any other user name.

chk out the guest account....and then reply...

u can type the default user name u give to login at the prompt when u
give \\MachineName\c$ to access it over the network.

HTH
a n t h
 
I would like to gain administrative access to an XP machine on my
home network.

So from within windows explorer, I type \\MachineName\c$. The
dialog box that shows up has the user name "Guest" ;all grayed out
anyhow. Now I know that Guest is disabled by default.


* But what about the admin account that I created when I
first
installed the (XP) Operating system ?
* How can I get the dialog box to ask for the admin account
rather
than the disabled guest account ?
Click to expand...

Open up a command window (Start->Run->Cmd) and enter the command:

net use * \\MachineName\c$ /user:MachineName\Administrator

(careful with forward vs back slashes)

HTH,
John
 
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