re: Adding new user without losing access to original administrator account
Thursday, March 16, 2006 at 7:12 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by jbs
(1010 messages posted)
There are two ways to do this. Read here - http://home.earthlink.net/~lreynol929/ruXP/Startup/howto.htm
The better thing to do though would be to make two new accounts to use and leave
the original administrator hidden. It really should not be used for normal use. You
can give either of the other accounts administrator rights.
On Thursday, March 16, 2006 at 6:29 pm, Megan wrote:
>Hey. I'm trying to make a new user profile on XP Pro edition, and I'm not so familiar
>with XP; am used to 95 and 98. I'm on my aunt's computer, and the only user they
>have is the original administrator account named 'Administrator'. If you open up
>the User Accounts window in the control panel and click on the Administrator icon,
>it even says, "The administrator account is only visible on the Welcome screen when
>no other user accounts exist (except the guest account), or when you start your
computer
>in Safe Mode." So when I create a new user account for myself, and then restart
the
>computer, -their- user account is no longer accessible from the welcome/log on page.
>I had to use System Restore that comes with Windows to get out of the situation.
>My question is, how do I make a new one for myself and keep their original one accessible
>at the same time?
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