Re: administrator acct.
- From: "Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 00:49:36 -0400
If you set the password while logged into that account, you won't lose anything. The problem comes in when you change the password while logged on to a different account. This is a security measure. Should someone gain access to the machine, and change another account's system password, the stored password's are lost.
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Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
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"bob94030" <bob94030@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:D0D82EBB-FBED-4E30-A4BC-9AA428776C93@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
hi doug.......i never had a password on the acct. that i want to put a.
password on. i can do what you suggest....but will i lose all the things i
mentioned earlier on that account ? it says i will lose this or that, didn't
understand that thank you...bob
"Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote:
If you change the password from another account, you will cause all the saved passwords to be lost. Log in to the account you want to change, and change the password from there.
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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"bob94030" <bob94030@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:B5ABD07F-F5F6-4841-8B3A-71D91FD8FB7B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
hi...i just bought a computer with media center xp....i didn't know that
means it 's xp-pro.....at least i think it is because i set up admist. acct.
from control panel in regular mode, then later opened dxdiag and it said i
have xp-pro.
my question is.....if i add a password to this acct. now, which i didn't
at first, it says i will lose a lot of settings and stuff that i changed.
i've added inner and outer security programs and auto sign-ons for different
sites, stopped some stuff from starting at start-up, set-up q. launch with
different apps with a drop-up menu so i could get rid of the desktop
short-cuts...am i going to lose all those settings when i add a password to
this account now....thanks much....bob
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