How to eliminate "Administrator"

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Frank

I've got an older Toshiba laptop running Windows 2000.
Bought it from a bankrupt startup company. Now use it
simply as a home computer. Works great for most uses--
internet, Office, email, etc.

The bankrupt company apparently had a network
administrator which is named "Administrator" on the
machine. I frequently get messages indicating I cannot do
something or another because I lack authority and should
contact my network administrator.

How can I eliminate the administrator from this machine?
Or,how can I sign in as the administrator so that I can do
these things. Am currently attempting to install virus
protection from blastworm and am stymied because I lack
authority over this laptop.
 
ummm.. slightly strange question..
there is an administrator account in their by default.. you need to ask the
company what the password is for that account.
really it should be reformated and setup for you.
really that machine should just be reformated and have the operating system
reinstalled.

Justin
 
Hi

Windows 2000 needs you to log on so that you can access
the computer.

What do you log on as now? Who set up the account for you
so that you can log in? They would have had to have
Administrator level privilages to set the account you use
up. Can they not either reset the administrator account
password, or better still give the account you are using
admin level privilages?

Hope this helps

M
 
Frank said:
I've got an older Toshiba laptop running Windows 2000.
Bought it from a bankrupt startup company. Now use it
simply as a home computer. Works great for most uses--
internet, Office, email, etc.

The bankrupt company apparently had a network
administrator which is named "Administrator" on the
machine. I frequently get messages indicating I cannot do
something or another because I lack authority and should
contact my network administrator.

How can I eliminate the administrator from this machine?
Or,how can I sign in as the administrator so that I can do
these things. Am currently attempting to install virus
protection from blastworm and am stymied because I lack
authority over this laptop.
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Is your current logon username in the Administrators group (so you have
Administrators permissions)? If so, you can logon under your own
username and change the password for the Administrators username. You
should always have at least 2 usernames in the Administrators group:
Administrator (although you can rename it) and another for your own use.
When you can't do something under one of them, you have a backup with
the same privileges.
 
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