Re: hidden user account

Hi Doug, I can't log of their account because their's is the only account
visible, is there a way of recovering the hidden account from the documents
saved in "Documents and Setting, Administrator Documents"

"Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]" wrote:

Log of of their account, do not reboot. Then try CTRL-ALT-DEL twice at the
Welcome Screen. Additionally, if you're not going to create another
administrator level account for your day to day use, see the rest of the
message about enabling the Administrator account on the Welcome Screen.

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Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
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"Darren" <Darren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Doug,
I've tried the ctrl alt del method and got nothing, it just booted
straight
to the kids account, any other ideas?

"Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]" wrote:

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.

--
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart
Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
--------------------------------
Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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Unsolicited e-mail is not answered.

"Darren" <Darren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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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