Re: Administrative rights

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_comcast.net)
Date: 08/30/03 

Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 16:01:06 GMT

     Unlike W98, Windows 2000 has built in users and group management. Every W2K
computer has a local administrator account configured during installation with a
password. The administrator account can not be disabled or deleted, but can be
renamed. That administrator [all powerful on the computer] account can be used to
create more users of which by default are regular users unless they are added to the
administrators group. Go to Computer Management/Users and Groups to see where this is
done. You should try to log on as administrator, guessing passwords including blank.
See link for more tips. --- Steve

http://securityadmin.info/faq.asp#password

"Mark" <goerges@voyager.net> wrote in message
news:072901c36ef8$19a58ad0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I have win98 but my dad has win2000 and is trying to do
> several thing and is being blocked because he does not
> have Administrative rights. I am unsure how to aquire
> administrative rights and dad has no clue at all. Can
> someone help?

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