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6-floppy XP Startup onto CD?
The account would be lockout until one of the admins personnel go and unlock the account.The accounts have been set with no password expires.The only account i could thinks of ,that is Are there any way to have a Account(other than the built in administrator Account) that is not affected by the lockout policy ?

winlogon.exe? SP2?
Use the Up/down arrow keys to highlight the 'Adminstrator' account; Remember as mentioned above: The default password is a blank (no password required). For XP Pro users: You do not need to go Type in "Administrator" (without the quotes) and 'if' you assigned a password when you set up Windows, then enter it.

Niveau de XP par rapport à W2000sp3 ?
The Administrator account will show on the login screen. Normally no password is set for XP Home unless you changed that. If it's the built in Administrator account login to any other account with Admin level privileges and change the password on the Administrator account. If none of the above works then see these

My mother is "locked out" of her computer
The account 'Administrator' should appear at the login screen. Select this account. There is no password associated with this account, by default. I changed the administrator account to a standard user by accident, so now I ended up without an administrator account. How can I set up an administrator account again?

Old "Log In As Another User" option in XP?
May Not Work with a Domain Controller Q276304 Error Message: Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters and Cannot Repeat Any of Your Previous 30689 Disable ICMP Redirects By Changing "EnableICMPRedirect" Registry Value Q294272 Windows Component Wizard May Not Work If the Administrator Account is in Many

Passprop.exe
Another thing to keep in mind is that some programs will only run under an administrative account. As for how to set up your system so that you're using a limited account, First, every XP system has a built-in account named Administrator. This account is usually hidden. Hidden or not, it should have a password.

Account Lockout policy
For XP Home, the built-in Administrator account has no password by default. Boot to Safe Mode, and log into the built-in Admin account from there. Two nights ago, I set up two user accounts on my brother-in-laws' computer(which uses XP (home I think)). One as an administrator for him and his wife,

Try again: Scheduled task but no password
However, after creating the new account for myself, and disabling his, it will now not allow me to delete his account, and mine is set up as limited. This of course means that I do Hopefully, the previous owner did not assign a password to the built-in Administrator account and you can leave that line blank.

Password at start of XP
If that does not work then see below: Note: The default password for the built in (hidden) Windows Administrator account is normally blank (none). You will use this account to remove the program Type in "Administrator" (without the quotes) and 'if' you assigned a password when you set up Windows, then enter it.

NT SAM Database
In the right pane, right-click Administrator, and then click Set Password. 6. Click Proceed in the message box that appears. 7. .... Now when you boot up in NT the password on your built-in administrator account will be blank (No password). This solution works only if your hard drive is FAT.

no administrator
If you leave the User Name and Password blank during the XP install then you just boot right to the desktop without the password input. Are you saying that I need to set up at least There's no way NOT to set up a user in Vista since the built-in Administrator account is disabled, so you HAVE to set up one user.

Password help for XP
Joe Richards [MVP] humorexpr...@hotmail.com microsoft public windows server active_directory If you are talking about the built-in administrator account, don't use it for services. You shouldn't use it for anything, set a password of 50 characters that no one could possibly recall, put that in an envelope and give

Password Help
Granh...@Head4Work.com> wrote in message news:yr6_4.787$Gz.180350464@news.telia.no... Can you be more specific? Have you already built your full text index? Here's my config: - I delete my full text catalogs - Using EM I change the account from LocalSystem to an administrator account - All services (mssqlserver

Cant log on to XP
There is no password reset disk. Thanks. You can try logging on with the built-in Administrator account and going to Control Panel -> User Accounts to change your password Enter Administrator in the User Name box. If you set up a password for this account, enter it now. Otherwise, leave the password box blank.

password retrieval (no password reset disk)
There is a built in Administrator account in XP Home. To access this account, boot the computer in Safe Mode, and you'll see this account on the Welcome Screen. By default, this account has no password set at install. -- Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Display Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes

Forgot password for administrator user account
Other than that, you would have to reset the Admin account password. http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/editor.html The above link is just one example of how to do this. Note: This is the primary reason you should not use the built in Administrator account for every day use. Its your only way in,

Built-in Administrator Account
... Pelletier wrote: Isn't that a security risk when you boot in safe mode, since there is no password associated to the default Administrator Account? Only if the computer owner is so utterly foolish as to have not set a strong password on the built-in Administrator account the first time he booted the computer.

XP user accounts help.
Patrick, Wouldn't the OP be able to access the encrypted files by setting the password back to the original one? No, this does not work, and is a common misconception. EFS (Encrypting File System) does not rely solely on the password, but on account credentials, which are built from several inputs.

Logon as Administrator
Craig The built-in administrator account is hidden, by default on all versions of Vista. This account is there for emergencies such as if no other This account does not have a password associated with it, by default, so you should immediately go to Control Panel/User Accounts and set a strong password on the

Super Admin Account
Peter, First, since you're running XP Home, you will not be able to log into the built-in Administrator account except in Safe Mode. If the Administrator account is present, highlight it and select Reset Password. You can leave the boxes blank for no password, or enter one you'll be able to remember.