All Administrators Equal?

From: FrankV (FrankV_at_anonymous.address)
Date: 05/26/04

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    Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 16:21:17 GMT

    Is there any way of recreating the built-in Administrator account? If I try
    to access the built-in through safe mode, it accepts the password but then
    locks up at the '...loading' prompt. I have to reboot to break out of this.
    I can log in to my normal admin account ok.

    Frank

    "Roger Abell" <mvpNOSpam@asu.edu> wrote in message
    news:evNMshwQEHA.4000@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
    > The built-in Administrator account has one a few hard-wired
    > differences. Otherwise, all members of Administrators group
    > are of equal power. Some of the unique things are that it is not
    > possible to completely disable the built-in (it will be available
    > in a Safe Mode boot)., and that it cannot be deleted.
    >
    > --
    > Roger Abell
    > Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security)
    > MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA
    > "Alan P. Biddle" <APBIDDLE@ATT.NET> wrote in message
    > news:c8b6b05t687qfkjj3gl95t0qr9fmv4q9r3@4ax.com...
    > > Hi,
    > >
    > > I have WIN XP Home, SP1, upgraded from WIN 98 SE. On the User Account
    > > page it shows both "Administrator" and "Alan" as members of the
    > > Administrators Group. "Alan" has the comment "Account upgraded from
    > > Windows 98."
    > >
    > > Are there any cases where I would need to go to the "Administrator"
    > > administrator account to do something?
    > >
    > > Alan
    > >
    > >
    >
    >

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