RE: Removing Administrator Password

Carolyn wrote:

I appreciate your response. . However the thing is that with my
administrator account being password protected my account (administrator)
doesn't show on the welcome screen,

Presumably you mean THE administrator account, the built-in one.
Please be aware that it is VERY BAD PRACTICE to use the built-in
Administrator account on a day-to-day basis and as your only account on the
computer. If the account gets corrupted, as it may well do, then your ONLY
way into the machine is by doing a repair install of XP. set up a User
account and give that Admin rights for daily use, leaving the built-in
Administrator account for emergency access only.
.

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