Re: User Account hidden from Administrator

From: Galen (galennews_at_gmail.com)
Date: 07/08/05 

Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 14:05:55 -0400

In news:andyed.1rv31o@pcbanter.net,
andyed <andyed.1rv31o@pcbanter.net> had this to say:

 My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> My daughter, god bless her, has managed to hide her User account from
> the Administrator - ie when I log in as Admin I cannot see her account
> folder. Wouldn't be much of a problem, but for the fact she has also
> forgotten how she did it and also the password she set for the
> account. She also never bothered to set a password hint question.
> As much as I've tried, I can't fathom out how she hid the account. Any
> help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Andy

If you log onto an admin account, press start, run, type "control
userpasswords2" without the quotes and hit enter does her username show? If
not then the account may have been deleted. If so then there's an option to
reset the password in there.

Galen 

-- 
"But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world
without them."
Sherlock Holmes

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