Re: Can you delete the Administrator account?

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From: Bruce Chambers (bruce_a_chambers_at_h0tmail.com)
Date: 08/28/04


Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:17:25 -0600

Greetings --

    No, the built-in Administrator account cannot be deleted, but it
can be renamed.

Bruce Chambers

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"John Smith" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:uEs2mnGjEHA.3524@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Looks like my previous topic is gonna scroll, so one quick question:
>
> As long as you've created a user account that's a member of the
> Administrators group, can you delete the built-in Administrator 
> account and
> then later make a new one?
>
> (I seem to have a corrupted admin account. I've been told here that 
> it
> should be possible to delete it, but in the Compuserve Winnt forum 
> that you
> can't.)
>
> 


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