Re: Admnistrator Questions

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From: Jim Macklin (p51mustang[threeX12)
Date: 12/16/04 

Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 22:14:56 -0600

You can have several user accounts, they do have to have
different names. You should not use the default
Administrator account for day to day operations so that
account will be less likely to be damaged by some improper
change.
But you can have, for instance...
Default Administrator (password protected and hidden]
Bill 1 administrator [password protected, not hidden]
Bill2 limited password optional, but recommended]

There is also a "run as" command that will allow working in
Bill2 but using Bill1 or default admin as the authority. 

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Jim Macklin
"Willy" <justask@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:u5icRJy4EHA.1452@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
| David,
| Yes it's XP Pro.  I got the PW problem fixed for 
Administrator and it now
| Auto-logon to Bill.  All your instructions were easy and 
worked.  Only had
| to add the [DefaltPassword] in the registry.
|
| As I asked in previous post, is there any way that 
Administrator & Bill can
| be the same as it seems there are some programs that 
require you to be
| logged on as Administrator to add them, otherwise it's 
really no biggy.
| I've always loged on as Bill not knowing I was until I 
recently tried to add
| software that required the Administrator be logged on 
which as I stated
| earlier it shows me as Computer Administrator under User 
Accounts.  Don't
| see Administrator there.
| Anyway, thanks for all your help.
| -- 
| Thanks.....Bill
| Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY
|
|

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