Re: administrator account on XP Home...

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Bruce Chambers wrote:
GO wrote:


Thanks Bruce. Is the Administrator account visible in the Management
Console?


You're welcome. And, yes, WinXP Home's Administrator account is
accessible via the MMC. (You have to be using an account with
administrative privileges to affect any changes, of course.)

Thanks again. As luck would have it I had an opportunity to use Remote
Assitance to connect to his computer but I had no luck finding the
Administrator acccount (or any other account for that matter) in MMC (I was
connected with my own admin account). The Computer Management console had
no user options. I tried adding the "Local users and groups" snap-in but it
said it is not allowed in the Home version of XP. Are you sure I can access
the Administrator account? Is there something I'm overlooking?


Greg


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