Re: Deleting Admin Account


"Duck" <charles.kendricks@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Jun 2, 4:08 pm, "Shenan Stanley" <newshel...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Duck wrote:
I have a system on which I want to delete the Admin account. I have
already created another account with administrative priviledges, as
well as another with only limited priviledges. I don't know if it
is safe to completely delete the Admin account, and if it is can I
safely do so through the "user accounts" section of the control
panel ?

You cannot delete the built-in administrator account.
You can 'rename' it - but it cannot be deleted/disabled.

Having more than one administrative level account is *not* necessarily a
bad
thing - as long as the password for such accounts are strong ones. In
fact - it can save you in certain situations.

However - you should *not* generally use a administrative level account
for
daily normal use.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
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Wayhttp://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Shenan,

Thanks for that bit of knowledge....now..can I use my new
administrative level account to change the Type of the Admin account
to a limited account, and be sure that if someone knows the Admin
password that they can not change the type back to administrator
priviledges?

No you cannot convert this built in account to any other group than
administrators.
Jim


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