Re: Persistent Adiminstrator Account

Rock explained in his reply why the system logs you
on automatically as "Administrator".

With respect to your reluctance to change the admin
password, I think you have it back to front. An admin
account with an unknown password is a trap ready to
be sprung. If the auto-logon feature fails for some reason
then your machine is history. The sooner you change it
to a known password, the better. And while you're at it:
Plan ahead and create a second admin admin NOW.
This newsgroup deals with lots of posts from short-sighted
people whose PC has one single admin account. When
the password gets lost then they are lost too. How many
sets of keys do you have for your car? Why is it more
than one? Why not apply the same thinking to your PC?


"Gadgetgw" <gadgetgw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks Both

THe real question was why the administrator account logs in fully with no
password prompt when the system is set up with other users and the
"Welcome"
screen mode & fast user switching.

I can login as another administrator to change the password but am
reluctant
to do so as if on boot it locks up again when forcing a boot to
administrator i won't be able to go back to the old password.. I wouldn't
think this is a major likely hood but are un willing to try at the moment.

This is potentially a real security issue as at the moment the person who
powers up the maching is logged in as the administrator.

Graeme


"Rock" <rock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Gadgetgw wrote:

Greetings

I have a new XP Pro install over the top of a XP Pro that was not a
genuine because the seller sold us a dud OEM. Anyway problem is and was
that the Administrator acct logins in automatically when booting. It
has
a passowrd which i don't know (probably put there by the original
seller)
but that doesn't stop the system from booting and opening in the
administrator account.

With Welcome screen running after booting you can logout from the
Administrator acct and login to otehr correctly but can't get back to
the
Administraor acct as it needs the password.

I have disabled the Administrator account but that just stops the
system
from booting, it hangs about the point that you usually get the
"loading
personal setting" message.

TRied lots of things but have run out of ideas

Graeme

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/


--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User





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