Re: Admin Account



Why safe mode? No offense, but there is just no reason to do that. If you
feel I am wrong let me know.
But first look at:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/professional/help/windows_security_runas.htm

http://malektips.com/xpwam0007.html

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/quicktips/qt/addadmin.htm


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"Bert Kinney" <bert@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Access the Administrator account from Safe Mode. Then go to Control
> Panel - User accounts and create a password there.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
> http://bertk.mvps.org
>
>
> Fishermun wrote:
>> WinXP, SP-2....
>> Is it possible to password protect the Administrator's
>> Account? I'm new to most of this, and did check the help/support
>> and did not find anything on this subject. It seems to me that if
>> someone boots the system to safe mode, they can do just about anything
>> they want to do. How can I protect this Admin account?
>> Thanks...
>
>


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