Old "Log In As Another User" option in XP?
From: Iskandar Taib (ntaib_at_alumni.indiana.edu)
Date: 07/08/03
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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 22:59:09 -0700
OK, here's and interesting one. I've got a bunch of PCs
in a student lab. They're all identical (except for IP
numbers and computer name). All have identical accounts
set up - a user account (no password), and an admin
account (password protected). All run Windows XP
Professional, factory installed. Still using Fat32, still
no domain (this will change). The Guest account is
inactive.
Here's the funny part. If I log into machine A as the
administrator, I can't access administrative share "c$"
on machine B (Start -> Run -> \\B\C$ -> Run). (Usernames
and passwords are the same on both machines.) What
happens is a login box appears, with the username greyed
out, but fixed as "B/guest". What's going on? This works
fine on all other Windows XP machines I've tried it on.
Incidentally - I've found that, on these machines, and on
others with factory-installed XP, if you change the login
method to not use the Welcome Screen, you can then log in
as "Administrator" without using a password. Apparently,
during the factory install, a password wasn't set for the
built in "Administrator" account, and this remains, even
if you set a password for the new administrator account
that shows up on the Welcome Screen. I've had my workers
set passwords for "Administrator" on all the machines by
using "Manage" (right click My Computer).
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