Kcpirana

Guest & Owner are the only two accounts listed. In addition, the box for
requiring user name and password is checked, but I don't enter a password.
I don't think I even set one up.

Kristy

"jimmuh" <jimmuh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C4668D47-4B6C-4451-8DB7-F8C4FBA8F4A3@microsoft.com...
> I'm thinking you may not be in as much of a predicament as you think you
> are.
>
> We need a little information. Go to Start | Run. type "control
> userpasswords2" in the Open field, and hit the Enter key. Make a list of
> the
> accounts that are listed there, and come back to tell us what they are.
>
> i'm thinking that your "renamed" Administrator account is really a
> different
> administrative account that you gave a name to when it was automatically
> created for you. And your original built-in Administrator account is
> probably
> okay. It isn't active by default, so you would have had to do something to
> activate it deliberately to be able to be logging on to it as your regular
> user account. It couldn't have happened by accident. Well, not likely,
> anyway.
>
>
>
> "Kcpirana" wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure if I've really messed something up or not. When I was
>> setting
>> up my computer, I forgot to set up a new account for myself and I've
>> completely customized, installed to, and am using the Administrator
>> account
>> as my primary account. Is there anyway to duplicate this account (so I
>> don't have to start from scratch) and then how would I restore this one
>> to
>> the use for which it was intended? Or can I create a new administrator
>> account? I tried to do that, but it wouldn't let me name an account
>> "Administrator" as it was already in use. When I logged off and back on,
>> however, it only showed the account that I renamed with my name.
>>
>> Kristy
>>
>>