Re: Logging in as "administrator" in winXP home

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 02/06/04 

Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 08:20:39 -0700

Greetings --

    Of course you can. You just have to know how. By design, the
only way to log into the Administrator account of WinXP Home is to
reboot into Safe Mode.

Bruce Chambers 

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"billyzoellers" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A06DF0A8-5382-4632-860E-2BFE1A03F6D4@microsoft.com...
> You cant login as Administrator in Xp Home

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