Re: Administrator account disappears

Rosalie wrote:
Help..In trying to assign another user administration privileges my
Administrator account deletes along with everything on it.
I have restored My account with system restore (phew) but still
need to assign another user the admin rights.

Doubt it 'deletes'... It will not be shown on the Welcome Screen though.

Windows XP Professional (or superset) I assume?
At the welcome screen, after creating your other administrative user
account, when you no longer see the "administrator" user - simply press
CTRL+ALT+DEL twice and enter the username "administrator" and the password
for that user there - classic logon.

Want the user to be seen onthe welcome screen? Tweak UI can help you choose
who can/cannot be seen.

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