Re: Need Admin Password for XP Home

From: wojo (kwoyachSPAM53954_at_yahoo.SPAMcom)
Date: 03/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 05:57:43 GMT

You kidding me? In most cases the kids know more than their parents!
:-) 

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"Harry Ohrn" <harry---@webtree.ca> wrote in message 
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> Now that all kids know that their parents are going to police their 
> systems what might happen next?
>
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> Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
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> "GateKeeper" <GateKeeper@earth1ink.net> wrote in message 
> news:KB19c.59841$LX.6543599@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
>> Now that all the kids know this, I won't be surprised to read posts from 
>> puzzled parents who have lost their Administrator access.  My advice? 
>> Create a password for the Administrator account, write it down, and lock 
>> it in a safe (preferably at a bank somewhere).  Or you could do as I did; 
>> create a password and remember it!
>>
>> You might be tempted to set your children's accounts to User or Power 
>> User types, but many games won't work unless the kiddies are Computer 
>> Administrators.  So you will just have to act like real Admins, and 
>> police their computer use.  That's what I do.  So far, so good.
>>
>> Harry Ohrn wrote:
>>> By default when XP Home is installed it creates a hidden Administrator 
>>> account with a blank password. Boot to Safe Mode. Select the 
>>> Administrator account, leave the password blank and access that account.
>
>

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