We never use the local built-in Administrator account on our Windows XP Professional Edition workstations, and we want to prevent attackers from using the account to access the workstations. Earlier versions of Windows don't let you disable the Administrator account, but I've noticed that XP has a new policy called Accounts: Administrator account status under Security Settings, Local Policies, Security Options, Local Security Policy. What's the effect of setting that policy to Disable? Disabling the Accounts: Administrator account status policy makes the built-in Administrator account unavailable for remote or local logons, except under safe-mode boots. If your workstations are part of a domain, you'll still be able to use an account that belongs to the Domain Admins group to administer the workstations, unless the secure channel between the domain controller (DC) and workstation fails for some reason. In that case, you'll need to boot the workstation in safe mode and log on as the local Administrator. (You can use Group Policy Objects—GPOs—to centrally manage new XP policies in a Windows 2000 domain, but you'll need to update the Administrative Templates. For more information about Administrative Templates, see http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/techinfo/administration/policy/managing.asp.). To see the Administrator account, you have to boot the Windows in Safe Mode. However, you can modify the Windows registry so that the Administrator account will be shown at Windows XP's Welcome screen for you to select, in the Control Panels User Accounts and in the local user lists in Computer Management. Launch Registry Editor (Start > run, then type in 'regedit' (without the quotes)). Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows NT CurrentVersion Winlogon SpecialAccounts UserList in the Registry Editor. Double-click the Administrator key in the right pane. If the Administrator key does not exist, right-click on the above tree in the pane, choose New, DWORD Value, name it Administrator and press 'Enter or OK. Type 1 in the 'Value data' box, and press 'Enter or OK'. Note: To launch User Accounts in Control Panel, you can go to Control Panel -> User Accounts, or click Start -> Run, and then type Control userpasswords and press Enter. Once you unhide and reveal the Administrator account, you can change its picture or assign it a password or change the password. In addition, on the next boot to the Welcome screen, the Administrator account will be visible, along with all of the computer's other user accounts. Having just posted a question on the forum, by chance I came across this post of yours, Peconet, the subject of which seems to be related to my problem.My question was: 'In trying to avoid my having to click on an icon to start work on my XP [Pro] m/c, I changed a setting. Bad move, for now I cannot remember my password-- in fact don't remember ever having used one on that PC--and now Windows denies me access. Anyone know how to get around this situation?, Please can you help with the answer to this one? ![]() ![]() ![]() Delete Administrator Account in XP Pro. How can go back to the activation screen to register the. I did not read all of this Delete-Administrator-Account-in-XP. How to enable administrative shares on Vista and XP? XP Pro SP2; Host. Very neat command you can run to activate the built-in administrator account. This guide will provide three methods that will allow you to enable your Administrator account in. The Windows Administrator account. XP, Vista, and 7, right. You need to be an administrator to enable/disable accounts. Right-click 'my computer' and select 'manage'. Expand 'local users and groups'. Select 'users'. Now roght-click on the administrator account and select properties. You can enable it in there. Anonymous Jan 15, 2013, 3:00 PM. Hawkeye22 said. ![]() When you are at log in press ctrl+Alt and del. Do this twice consecutively and you will go into the standard windows. (Not for Home). Type in Administrator and your preset password. If you have it blank you may have other problems. If you are using Windows Home. Just go into safe mode. And again if you left the password blank you may have more problems. Rule number # never give #root to anyone. If you have the recovery disk you can change the password. Not many people advertise this.
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