Re: Adminstrator profile is the only one that can change the password?

From: Malke (noreply_at_invalid.com)
Date: 01/18/05


Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 05:51:48 -0800

Gordon wrote:

> MPalen@gmail.com wrote:
>> I set up a second profile and gave it admin rights... But it can't
>> see the administrator account on the machine. Is there a work around
>> or a setting I'm missing.
>> I thought it the profile had admin rights, it could see the
>> adminstrator profile and would be able to change the password. Am I
>> wrong?
>
> When you say it can't "see" the Administrator account, do you mean in
> Explorer, or in Control Panel-Users or what?
> Also what version of XP are you running?

OK, what it sounds like is normal behavior in that when you make a
second user account the Administrator account is no longer seen. It is
still there. However, the original post is not clear about what the OP
is seeing and trying to do. M. Palen - please post back to this thread
with a better description of the problem and what you are trying to do.

Malke

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