RE: Administrator Passwords?

From: coliboy (coliboy_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/26/04 

Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 17:25:02 -0700

Hi,

If you're not prompted for a password when you click on your name at logon,
then you have not created a password for that account. The DEFAULT
Administrator account (not the ones you created) is different. You should,
I've been told, create a strong password for that.

HTH

Colin.

"OneDavy" wrote:

> I set up 2 users on my PC at home, both users as Administrators. I think I
> left the password fields blank but am not really sure. Is there a way I can
> tell if either of these Administrator User Accounts has a password?

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