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I had one user account called Administrator and everythign was fine.
I added two users accounts and I enabled the guest account.
I changed the picture on the Administrator account.
Now when I start my computer I do not see the login for Administrator anymore.
I go to Mycomputer C:\Documents and Settings and I see the directory called
Administartor where all the files were. I try to go to that directory and I
get the following message:
C:\Documents and Setting\Administrator is not accessible. Access is Denied.
I do not understand why the Administrator logon disappeared and why I cannot
go to the Administrator directory even though I am logged in with
Adminstrator privileges.
Can anyone help in this matter?
Thank you very much
 
John said:
I had one user account called Administrator and everythign was fine.
I added two users accounts and I enabled the guest account.
I changed the picture on the Administrator account.
Now when I start my computer I do not see the login for Administrator anymore.
I go to Mycomputer C:\Documents and Settings and I see the directory called
Administartor where all the files were. I try to go to that directory and I
get the following message:
C:\Documents and Setting\Administrator is not accessible. Access is Denied.
I do not understand why the Administrator logon disappeared and why I cannot
go to the Administrator directory even though I am logged in with
Adminstrator privileges.
Can anyone help in this matter?
Thank you very much
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By design, when you create a user account with administrator privileges,
the built-in Administrator account is no longer displayed on the Welcome
screen. This is because Microsoft (and many of those who post here)
consider it a bad idea to use the built-in Administrator account on a
regular basis: if you manage to corrupt this account, you won't have as
easy a time recovering as if you had left Administrator unused and ready
for emergencies.

To show the Administrator account use MVP Kelly's tweak at
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Enable/Disable Administrator on the Welcome Screen (Line 5)

Then create another administrative user account that you won't use
regularly and that will be there in case of emergencies.
 
John,

I agree with Lem (as usual). An additional factiod: if you really,
really want to log on as "Administrator", press the Ctrl-Alt-Delete key
combination TWICE at the initial logon screen. This will bring up the
classic Username/Password logon box. You can enter any active user
account here, whether it is displayed one the first "picture" screen or
not. So for Username, enter "administrator", then enter the
Administrator account's password.

As Lem very rightly points out, you should only log on as Administrator
for those rare and special occasions when you need to change the
system's configuration.

Hope it helps

Andrew
 
Thanks a lot Lem.
Your answer was exactly what I was looking for. It solved my problem.
I was able to retrieve all my documents from the Administrator account.
I appreciate your help.
 
John said:
Thanks a lot Lem.
Your answer was exactly what I was looking for. It solved my problem.
I was able to retrieve all my documents from the Administrator account.
I appreciate your help.
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YW. And thank Kelly Theriot.
 
I don't know if your question had gotten answered.

Administrator always removes itself when you start creating normal users. XP had always been like that.

to get back to Administrator: On the logon screen, you will need to hit Ctrl+Alt+Delete twice. You should get a different logon screen. This is where you can log into Windows normally.

You can permanently have the logon box, rather than the whole screen by going to Control Panel > User Accounts > "Change the way users log on or off" ... Then uncheck the check box for "Use the Welcome screen"

Click Apply options then log off. You can now log on and off by typing in the user name and password rather than clicking on the user name. This allows you to log into Administrator quickly and easily
 
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