Re: Administrator

From: Merlin (Merlin_at_noway.com)
Date: 09/05/04 

Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 13:02:39 -0400

walterc wrote:
> I set up my e-mail and desktop under administrator then set up a user account
> for my wife. Now i can't get back to the administrator account.
Don't mess with the administator account. It's like a "master" account
if you will. Set yourself up a user account with administrator privledges

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