Sarah White

It's not worth the trouble in my opinion, but here's how you do it:

To log into the "proper" account named "administrator" the only easy way
I know of is to run the sysprep utility in "audit" mode and reboot the
computer. The administrator account password is still "default" on a
fresh vista so when you log in you might want to set a proper password
(it's effectively blank!)

Warning: vista home basic's version of sysprep has 2 plugins: "audit
mode" and "oobe" ... There's a potentially undesired effect in "oobe"
mode (oobe is the only way I can figure to permenantly exit sysprep
"audit" mode) the brand-new user account you were forced to create will
end up in the registry as the "official owner" of the copy of windows
(in as much as running task manager and then "help -> about" will say
"This product is licensed under the Microsoft Software License Terms to:
<<new account you just created>>") So... sysprep is not a good way to
access your "administrator" account unless you figure out how to exit
audit mode without using "oobe" (oobe mode assumes it is your "first"
account and changes the "registered to" name)