Help - 2 Admin accounts - want only one

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Kent Sarnes

I cannot delete the second account even if there is 2 of them. I get the
message "You need at least one admin account on this machine" to serve user
accounts and such...
Why is this?? It seems like Windows cannot see my "main" Admin account,
because if I create a 3rd Admin account , then I get to delete the 2. Admin
account, bet the thing is I don't want to have more than one Administrators
account........
 
I cannot delete the second account even if there is 2 of them.
I get the
message "You need at least one admin account on this machine"
to serve user
accounts and such...
Why is this?? It seems like Windows cannot see my "main" Admin
account,
because if I create a 3rd Admin account , then I get to delete
the 2. Admin
account, bet the thing is I don't want to have more than one
Administrators
account........
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Are you trying to delete the "default" (as in the administrator acout
given the name Administator by default) administrator acount? If you
are, thats your problem, windows wont let you delete that acount, you
can how ever disable it, which has much the same effect.
 
No Im not trying to delete the default admin account....when I have two
admin accounts I cannot delete any og them....But as I said I can delete the
2.nd account If I first create a 3rd account first.......
 
This is for your protection. The built-in Administrator account may be your only way in to repair the system or make changes if your "every day" administrator account becomes corrupt for some reason.
 
Ok, but this is strange, since it by default is only one Administrators
account...or am I wrong...?

"Doug Knox MS-MVP" <[email protected]> skrev i melding
This is for your protection. The built-in Administrator account may be your
only way in to repair the system or make changes if your "every day"
administrator account becomes corrupt for some reason.
 
No, there is the built in Administrator account, which is there, regardless of what you set up at the Out of Box Experience. If you add users there, they are Administrators by default. It does seem kind of redundant, but having a second Administrator level account could save you from a re-format/reinstall. Of course, you shouldn't run as an Administrator, unless you need to. This lessens the risk of viral or other infections.
 
I understand, thanks!

Kent,
Norway.

"Doug Knox MS-MVP" <[email protected]> skrev i melding
No, there is the built in Administrator account, which is there, regardless
of what you set up at the Out of Box Experience. If you add users there,
they are Administrators by default. It does seem kind of redundant, but
having a second Administrator level account could save you from a
re-format/reinstall. Of course, you shouldn't run as an Administrator,
unless you need to. This lessens the risk of viral or other infections.

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Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
 
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