Re: administrator account on XP Home...

GO wrote:


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?




You're right! Brain fade on my part; my apologies. Try Start > Run > "control userpasswords2" (without the quotes, natch).


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