Re: logon to administrator at bootup fails

You're welcome. Thanks for the update on your problem.

Good luck next season, until the playoffs start.

Nepatsfan

In news:7B0083E8-B6E2-4441-BD03-C10E3DBADF35@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
cjon <cjon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Patsfan, you hit it outta the park. (or maybe ran it all the
way
back.) Anyway, your advice fixed it. I'm so pleased, I'll
even
forgive you your football team, (which as a KC Chumps fan is
going a
ways.)

Many thanks,
CJon

(Wait 'til next year...) ;^)

"Nepatsfan" wrote:

<snip>
It sounds like your computer is configured to automatically
logon the built-in Administrator account. The Administrator
account is only available in Windows XP Home Edition when
you
boot into Safe Mode. If you try to logon to this account in
Normal Mode, an error message will be displayed, "Unable to
log
you on because of an account restriction".

There are two ways to fix this problem.
<snip>




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