How do I stop being Administrator?

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After a changeover and a clean install of Win 2000, I am part way into
re-configuring one of my two PCs (which, for the printer, is the host
machine on a peer-to-peer network). The other PC is still using 98SE. I
set up and identified the 2K machine as "Bud's Computer" and not as
"Administrator" becasue I'm sure I read in the Help files that with a small
home network, with all sharing everything, an Administrator wasn't
necessary.

Not being able to gain network access to the 98 PC (it turned out to be a
firewall setting - duh!), last night I called a friend who advised me that I
needed to re-setup the 2K PC as "Administrator", and walked me thru the
process. That changed my desktop and access to all my other settings and
programs and data.

Since the changed firewall settings now let me see the files on the 98
machine, I want to know if I can change back to (or re-establish) the "Bud's
Computer" identity and eliminate the "Administrator" identity.

If so, how?

Thanks.
 
Just remove your account out if the Adminitrator's Group and leave it in the
User Group. Remeber that an Administrtator account must exist,...don't
delete it and do not forget the password for it. You trash the Administrator
account or forget the password and your machine is just a paper weight.
 
Last night I deleted the "Buds Computer" identity so now in the "Users
Group" all that is there is "Administrator" and the 98 PC identity.
You're saying now that I should re-create the "Buds Computer" identity in
the "Users Group". What menu do I do that thru? And then leave the
Administrator in its own group by itself?

My "Groups", "Users" has 2 entries, both beginning: NT AUTHORITY\. I
assume they must be there, and is that where the new Bud identity should be
created?




Phillip Windell said:
Just remove your account out if the Adminitrator's Group and leave it in the
User Group. Remeber that an Administrtator account must exist,...don't
delete it and do not forget the password for it. You trash the Administrator
account or forget the password and your machine is just a paper weight.

--

Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com


Butch said:
After a changeover and a clean install of Win 2000, I am part way into
re-configuring one of my two PCs (which, for the printer, is the host
machine on a peer-to-peer network). The other PC is still using 98SE. I
set up and identified the 2K machine as "Bud's Computer" and not as
"Administrator" becasue I'm sure I read in the Help files that with a small
home network, with all sharing everything, an Administrator wasn't
necessary.

Not being able to gain network access to the 98 PC (it turned out to be a
firewall setting - duh!), last night I called a friend who advised me
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needed to re-setup the 2K PC as "Administrator", and walked me thru the
process. That changed my desktop and access to all my other settings and
programs and data.

Since the changed firewall settings now let me see the files on the 98
machine, I want to know if I can change back to (or re-establish) the "Bud's
Computer" identity and eliminate the "Administrator" identity.

If so, how?

Thanks.
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Now,... I have no idea what you are talking about. Win98 has *no* user
accounts in the true sense, so there is no such thing as an Administrator to
begin with.


--

Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com


Butch said:
Last night I deleted the "Buds Computer" identity so now in the "Users
Group" all that is there is "Administrator" and the 98 PC identity.
You're saying now that I should re-create the "Buds Computer" identity in
the "Users Group". What menu do I do that thru? And then leave the
Administrator in its own group by itself?

My "Groups", "Users" has 2 entries, both beginning: NT AUTHORITY\. I
assume they must be there, and is that where the new Bud identity should be
created?




Phillip Windell said:
Just remove your account out if the Adminitrator's Group and leave it in the
User Group. Remeber that an Administrtator account must exist,...don't
delete it and do not forget the password for it. You trash the Administrator
account or forget the password and your machine is just a paper weight.

--

Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com


Butch said:
After a changeover and a clean install of Win 2000, I am part way into
re-configuring one of my two PCs (which, for the printer, is the host
machine on a peer-to-peer network). The other PC is still using 98SE. I
set up and identified the 2K machine as "Bud's Computer" and not as
"Administrator" becasue I'm sure I read in the Help files that with a small
home network, with all sharing everything, an Administrator wasn't
necessary.

Not being able to gain network access to the 98 PC (it turned out to
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