Re: admin account

From: Danny Sanders (Danny.Sanders@cpcmed.org)
Date: 01/22/03 

From: "Danny Sanders" <Danny.Sanders@cpcmed.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 15:18:50 -0700

I would suggest only renaming it from the default "Administrator". If you
"demote it" ( I assume this means change it's rights to something less than
administrator) you would not be able to access your computer as
administrator. There are some things you can't do unless you are logged on
as admin.

hth
DDS W 2k MVP MCSE
"Graham" <storm@flatearth.net.au> wrote in message
news:e2PLhJmwCHA.2292@TK2MSFTNGP10...
> Hi
> I have been reading in this group that the "Administrator" account should
be
> demoted for security reasons.
> I tried to remove its membership as a Administrator, but an error msg told
> me I can not remove this privilege as it is a built in account.
>
> Any help on this procedure to secure the admin account would be
appreciated
>
> Thankyou
>
> Graham
>
>

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