Logon as administrator is giving me fits!!! HELP!

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Hop©

I'm trying to logon as 'administrator' on Windows XP and I get an
error stating 'unable to log you on because of an account
restriction'. I tried going to safe mode and assigning a password to
the administrator account, but when I boot back up in normal, the
account still throws that message. Can anyone enlighten me as to what
I can do to logon as the administrator?

Thanks in advance for any help forthcoming.

GMAN_Hop
 
Hop© said:
I'm trying to logon as 'administrator' on Windows XP and I get an
error stating 'unable to log you on because of an account
restriction'. I tried going to safe mode and assigning a password to
the administrator account, but when I boot back up in normal, the
account still throws that message. Can anyone enlighten me as to what
I can do to logon as the administrator?

Thanks in advance for any help forthcoming.

GMAN_Hop
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Is this XP Home or XP Professional?
There is a difference.
The built-in Administrator account in either version is not meant for everyday use anyway.
Rather you should create your own "Computer Administrator" type account with your own name.
The built-in Administrator account is like a template for creating other Computer Administrator accounts.
If you were to routinely function in that account and it became corrupted, it would not be a good thing, it would be a very bad thing.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290109&Product=winxp

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/choosing2.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...me/using/productdoc/en/ua_c_account_types.asp
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