Re: Missing Administrator Icon In Welcome Screen

If Malke's suggestion doesn't help, try this:
Copy the following line by highlighting it and then pressing ctrl-c
net users >"%userprofile%\desktop\output.txt" & notepad "%userprofile%\desktop\output.txt"

Go to start->run (or if you are using windows vista windows key + r), and then press ctrl-v to paste the above line into the run box.

Press ok. A notepad window should open with the accounts on your computer. Please post back the results in the notepad window. You may wish to change any personally identifying usernames.

wng
"Malke" <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23fJ2sxOCIHA.3400@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Salim Bharmal wrote:
I was creating a new user account. Now I cannot find my Administration User Account I con in the welcome screen. I can't perform any changes without my Amin
previledges. Can some one please help?

It sounds like you 1) have XP Pro; 2) were using the built-in Administrator account for your daily work; 3) have now created a second user account with administrative privileges. If this is correct, the built-in Administrator account is hidden by design when you create a second user account with administrative privileges.

If my assumption is correct, you can still log into the built-in Administrator account by doing Ctrl-Alt-Del at the Welcome Screen. This will get you the classic logon box. Enter "Administrator" for the user name (without the quotes of course) and your password.

If this is *not* your situation, then please post back with a better description of your system. You may wish to refer to this link to see what details to include in a newsgroup post in order to get focused help.

http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


Malke
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