Re: Can you delete the Administrator account?
From: Jen (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/28/04
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Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 15:07:38 -0700
P.S. As far as I know, you can't delete the administrator
account. And you asked why it would be a good idea for the
main user account not to be an administrator. There are
actually a few good practices out there to help maintain
security. One of them is to rename the administrator's
account to something inconspicuous (since you can't delete
it.) Then create a new account and name it "administrator"-
but don't give it any rights. Put a 30 character password
on it and leave it alone. Now let's say that someone
decides to hack into your machine. They are going to
attempt to gain access to the administrator account,
right? Well if they ever succeed in cracking the 30
character password, they're going to be surprised to find
out that they hacked into a bogus account with no rights.
A lot of hard work for nothing. :-) If they are able to
hijack your machine and take control of it while you're
logged on as the main user, as long as you don't have
admin rights, then neither do they- and there's only so
much they can do to your machine.
>-----Original Message-----
>Have you ever reinstalled Windows on this machine?
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>OK, thanks. If you check back to the "Multiple
>Administrator folders
>>created?" thread started on 20 August, you'll see why I
>believe I need to do
>>this. I was hoping I could fix this without reinstalling
>Windows.
>>
>>(Only one "Administrator" is listed under Control
>Panel/Users and passwords,
>>but there are currently 7 additional Administrator
>folders under
>>C:\Documents and Settings called
>Administrator.COMPUTERNAME;
>>Administrator.COMPUTERNAME.000;
>Administrator.COMPUTERNAME.001 etc)
>>
>>The error message is that NTUSER.DAT can't be copied
from
>the Default User
>>folder to the previous Administrator.COMPUTERNAME.xxx
>account.
>>
>>"Bruce Chambers" <bruce_a_chambers@h0tmail.com> wrote in
>message
>>news:O6XkGzJjEHA.2664@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>> Greetings --
>>>
>>> No, the built-in Administrator account cannot be
>deleted, but it
>>> can be renamed.
>>>
>>> Bruce Chambers
>>> --
>>> Help us help you:
>>> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>>
>>> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't
ever
>count on
>>> having both at once. - RAH
>>>
>>>
>>> "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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