Windows XP - adminstartor account

[PLotay]

I had set up my computer and it was working fine. I had
two users administrator and guest. I tried to set up
administrator account under my name and lsot all the info
on the original admnistrator account. How can I get all
that back and also set up an additional account.
Some of the downloaded programmes will not run now.

Some oone with knowledge please help.

Thanks

 

[Sharon F]

I had set up my computer and it was working fine. I had
two users administrator and guest. I tried to set up
administrator account under my name and lsot all the info
on the original admnistrator account. How can I get all
that back and also set up an additional account.
Some of the downloaded programmes will not run now.

Some oone with knowledge please help.

Thanks

XP Pro? At the welcome screen press Ctrl+Esc+Del twice. This will bring up
the Win2000 style logon prompt. Type in Administrator for user name. Type
in whatever password you assigned to the account in the other box. If no
password was assigned, leave blank.

What happened is "normal" for XP. The system created Administrator account
is designed to show only when there is no regular user account. Once a
regular account is created it is hidden. Due to this behavior, the original
Administrator account is good one to keep in reserve for troubleshooting.

Since you've used it as your everyday account, you might want to copy it to
a second user account (perhaps the new one you just created?) and leave it
hidden.

Or you could use TweakUI for XP to add it to the welcome screen.

 

[rifleman]

[This followup was posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics and a
copy was sent to the cited author.]

The original account was called administrator. I wanted
to set up accounts for members of my family and also
wanted access for guests. I set up an account under my
own name and gave it administrator rights. Some family
accounts were set using pass words. They also had
administrator rights. When I went in to switch accounts,
the original administrator account disappeared and does
not show up. The files and all the set up etc is
accessible through windows explorer on
C;|Docments\settings\Adminstrator\My documents\my
pictures etc.

I wish to leave the original Administrator account the
way it was. How do I go about doing it.

I am explaining myself?


Thank you for your help.

Pyara

-----Original Message-----
[This followup was posted to

microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics and a

copy was sent to the cited author.]

says...
Firstly you should NEVER use the default Administrator Account as a
daily-usage account. Create a User for yourself and give it
Administrator rights. The reason behind this is, if your User account
goes belly-up you can use the Administrator account to repair things, If
the Administrator account goes belly-up, the ONLY way of then getting
into your machine is with a repair install.

What exactly do you mean "lost all the info"?

When you tried to set up this "administrator" account, what precisely
did you do? Setting up a new User should not affect ANY data in ANY
other account.


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Relief!

the Administrator Account is hidden by default on the Welcome screen.
It's still there! You need to press Ctl-Alt-Del twice at the welcome
screen if you are using XP Pro, or boot into Safe mode if the Home
Edition.