Re: how to be administrator

From: Mike R. (mrichard_at_iname.com)
Date: 09/10/03 

Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 14:24:37 -0700

At the Welcome screen press ctrl-alt-del and the classic
login screen will appear. Enter administrator as the user
and whatever is appropriate for the password.

>-----Original Message-----
>You Have wrote "the easiest way is to log into the built
in account called
>administrator"
>
>Its make perfect semse but how would you suggest to log
in into :build in
>account. In my case the welcome page dosen't give you
this option nor
>control panel but only one non Administrator account -
The User???
>
>"jonnin" <jonnin@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:31c601c374aa$324aefa0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >how do i become a adminstrator on my computer? I have
>> >tried a ton of things but whenever i try something it
>> >says i do not have administrative rights. I cannot run
>> >most of my programs and i cannot change hardly any
>> >settings. I have looked at the user accounts and i
cannot
>> >change anything their either. someone please help.
>> >.
>> >
>>
>> the easiest way is to log into the built in account
called
>> administrator. The password is probably blank.
>>
>> Then, from there, open the control panel, user manager
>> thingy. Chose advanced on any buttons until it stops
>> trying to give you the weak, watered down adminstrative
>> stuff and the real user manager appears. set your login
>> for the account you normally use to be a member of the
>> administrator group.
>>
>> Sorry I'm not very precise. Since NT4 went away and me,
>> 2k, and xp have come to confuse the issues (2k is
actually
>> very good) the instructions for everything have all got
>> minor varients and I forget the details. You should see
it
>> easily enough though...
>>
>>
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