Re: How to verify whether an account is admin or not?

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When I go into cp/user accounts I get:
Internet Explorer Script error
! An error has occcurred in the script on this page.
Line: 4
Char: 1
Error: Access is denied.
Code: 0
URL: res://C:|WINDOWS|system32\nusrmgr.cpl/nusmgr.hta
Do you want to continue running scripts on this page?
Yes No.

Pressing Yes or No always brings up the next screen which shows me as
computer administrator (which is what I expect as I am the only user) and
shows guest account off.
It would seem the first error screen is meaningless and I have had this on
my other XP computers inc. my MCE.
Perhaps someone would comment.

However the point I find interesting is that when I try the NET USER
facility with my name, from the command prompt I get an error - states I
specified an unknown user name.
When I try NET USER on its own it states the Administrator is SUPPORT_nnn..
and states that my name is a guest account which is a direct contradiction
of what is stated in cp/user accounts.

Help please.

"Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Click Start, Run and enter CMD, press Enter. At the command prompt type

NET USER <USERNAME>

Where <USERNAME> is the actual name of the user account.

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"MatthewTap" <MatthewTap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This is probably a simple question, but since it's something I never knew,
I'd appreciate any help anyone can give me in letting me know what I can
do
to ensure one way or the other that a user ID is an administrator [and I
am
referring to whether there is something along the lines of whether it is
noted anywhere in the computer... not just by my testing it by trying to
see
if I can start/stop IIS, etc.

I'd really like to know if it's noted somewhere, please.

thanks a bunch.
m


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