Re: hidden user account

Hi Doug,

I had a theory that I tried out a a spare PC off mine, here goes, my friends
PC was second hand, what a think the preivous owner did was to delete all of
their accounts, through Administrator Tools to leave the default admin
account, my friend then used this account because it wasn't password protect
and appeared on boot up,straight into Windows, when I added her kids account
that then became the only account visible, hidding the default admin account.
Now, what I was thinking is if I delete the kids account through
Administrator Tools, that would leave the default admin account and would
boot into that. That's my theory, it seemed to work on my spare PC, what do
you think? Is this a viable explanation and cure. Your advice is most
welcome.By the way, I've visited your website and added it to my favourites.

Cheers Darren

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

Log off the kids' account. Then with no users logged on, pressing
CTRL-ALT-DEL twice at the Welcome Screen will get you the older Windows
logon dialog. Enter Administrator and any password for that account. That
will log you on. Or, if the kids account has administrator level access,
you can use either of the methods described earlier in this thread to enable
the Administrator account on the Welcome Screen. You can also do this from
the Administrator account once you've logged in with that account.
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Display\Security
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http://www.dougknox.com
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"Darren" <Darren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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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http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
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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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"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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