Re: hidden user account

By default, the Administrator account is automatically hidden when you create another user account. Additionally, its a bad idea to use the built-in Administrator account for day to day use, as that may be your only way to get into a system that develops serious problems.

For XP Pro: Press CTRL-ALT-DEL twice at the Welcome Screen, with no other users logged on. You'll get the older logon dialog. Enter Administrator and any password that you have set for that account.

To enable the Administrator account on the new Windows XP logon screen in Windows XP Pro, visit my web site, www.dougknox.com and go to the Windows XP Utilities section. Follow the link for Enable Administrator Account ......

This small VB application will make the registry change necessary for the Administrator account to be available on the Welcome Screen. If you prefer to do it manually, click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList\

Note: There is a space between Windows and NT in the above Key.

Add the Administrator account if necessary and/or change the Administrator value to 1

For XP Home, you can only log into the built in Administrator account in Safe Mode, so the fixes above will be of little use.

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Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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"Darren" <Darren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:CF70327B-B395-4E75-BD32-4341DDAB1FC1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello, I was setting up a user account on a friends PC, one account for her
and one for her children, both would have amdin access, while going through
the account process I clicked on hide folders(or something to that effect)
for her account, completed the process and rebooted. When Windows reloaded
her account wasn't visible but her childrens was. I've found all of her
documents in "Administrators Documents" but I need to access her emails. I've
tried system restore to no effect, is there a way to access this hidden user
account. The operating system is Windows Media Center Edition. Any help or
advise would be great.

.

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