How can i get back to only one administrator acct?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Saxon
  • Start date Start date
S

Saxon

I set up another user and now cannot access the
original "administrator" acct, where all of my needed
files are... help?
 
Are you saying that you can't remember the administrators user name and
password ?. Give more details about what exactly you can and can't do.

Gra
 
Greetings --

The built-in Administrator account really shouldn't be used for
day-to-day normal use. The standard security practice is to set a
strong password on it and use it only to create another account for
regular use, reserving the Administrator account as a "back door" in
case something corrupts your regular account(s).

As you've learned, once any additional user accounts have been
created, the Administrator account will no longer be displayed on the
Welcome Screen. This is a default security feature. By design, the
only way to log into the Administrator account of WinXP Home is to
reboot into Safe Mode. For WinXP Pro, pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL twice at
the Welcome Screen will produce the standard login dialog box.

To copy the files and some of the settings from the Administrator
account to other user accounts:

How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151


Bruce Chambers

--
Help us help you:



You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
 
Back
Top