Re: Admin account problem

From: blaxshep (Jim_Campau@bausch.com)
Date: 07/31/02


From: "blaxshep" <Jim_Campau@bausch.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 10:31:07 -0400


Why not just diable it?
You could also rename it

"George" <no@spamming.com> wrote in message
news:3a1201c23892$bf277510$3bef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA10...
> Hi,
>
> on my Win2K installation, I tried to assigne the (built-
> in) Administrator account to the User group, and remove it
> from the Administrator group. However, each and every time
> I tried, it executed OK without any error msg. Then after
> I went back into the Users and Passwords console, the
> Administrator account was shown both in Administrator and
> User groups.
>
> I would like to
> 1. assign Administrator account to a different group, or
> 2. disable this account (I have another active admin
> account).
>
> Can anyone shed some light on this? TIA.



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