Re: All Administrators Equal?

From: Roger Abell (mvpNOSpam_at_asu.edu)
Date: 05/29/04 

Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 07:19:57 -0700

hmmm
Well, you cannot define an account that exists, and the built-in
admin cannot be deleted . . .
You might want to try cleaning out startup items in its profile,
or in a more extreme case, force the profile to be recreated by
renaming the existing one. 

-- 
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security)
MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4)  MCDBA
"FrankV" <FrankV@anonymous.address> wrote in message
news:1u3tc.22277$yc4.11447@nwrdny02.gnilink.net...
> 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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