Unable to logon as Administrator

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Running XP Home on home pc. I have one user with Administrator priveleges.
However when i try to logon as Administrator I get a message about
restrictions on this account. I have no password on Administrator. Can logon
in Safe mode as Administrator.
WHat did I do wrong? :-(
Thanks...
Deva
 
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Devahome said:
Running XP Home on home pc. I have one user with Administrator
priveleges. However when i try to logon as Administrator I get a
message about restrictions on this account. I have no password on
Administrator. Can logon in Safe mode as Administrator.
WHat did I do wrong? :-(
Thanks...
Deva
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Running XP Home on home pc. I have one user with
Administrator priveleges. However when i try to logon as
Administrator I get a message about restrictions on this
account. I have no password on Administrator. Can logon in
Safe mode as Administrator.
WHat did I do wrong? :-(
Thanks...
Deva
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You did nothing wrong. Windows XP Home Edition only allows use
of the built-in Administrator account in Safe Mode. If you try
to logon to that account in Normal Mode you'll receive a rather
vague error message about "account restrictions" preventing you
from logging on. Bottom line, what you're seeing is normal
behavior.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
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Nepatsfan said:
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You did nothing wrong. Windows XP Home Edition only allows use
of the built-in Administrator account in Safe Mode. If you try
to logon to that account in Normal Mode you'll receive a rather
vague error message about "account restrictions" preventing you
from logging on. Bottom line, what you're seeing is normal
behavior.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
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....duh - I didn't notice that the OP had written XP Home. Thanks.
 
Thanks for the information. I did a search on MS site and found two
interesting notes:
kb316385 and 290109/EN_US.
If I read these correctly I should be able to fix it where I can use the
administrator id after doing what these say. Unfortunately it did not work.
But my main concern has been answered - thanks for the help.
Cheers...
Deva

Nepatsfan said:
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...duh - I didn't notice that the OP had written XP Home.
Thanks.
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You're welcome.

Nepatsfan
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You're welcome.

Nepatsfan

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Thanks for the information. I did a search on MS site and
found two interesting notes:
kb316385 and 290109/EN_US.
If I read these correctly I should be able to fix it where I
can use the administrator id after doing what these say.
Unfortunately it did not work. But my main concern has been
answered - thanks for the help.
Cheers...
Deva

Nepatsfan said:
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Running XP Home on home pc. I have one user with
Administrator priveleges. However when i try to logon as
Administrator I get a message about restrictions on this
account. I have no password on Administrator. Can logon
in Safe mode as Administrator.
WHat did I do wrong? :-(
Thanks...
Deva

You did nothing wrong. Windows XP Home Edition only allows
use of the built-in Administrator account in Safe Mode. If
you try to logon to that account in Normal Mode you'll
receive a rather vague error message about "account
restrictions" preventing you from logging on. Bottom line,
what you're seeing is normal behavior.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

...duh - I didn't notice that the OP had written XP Home.
Thanks.
Click to expand...

You're welcome.

Nepatsfan
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Devahome said:
Running XP Home on home pc. I have one user with Administrator
priveleges. However when i try to logon as Administrator I get a
message about restrictions on this account. I have no password on
Administrator. Can logon in Safe mode as Administrator.
WHat did I do wrong? :-(
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In Windows XP Home Edition, you can only log in as the user 'administrator'
in safe mode - by design.
 
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