http://forums.cnet.com/ The latest posts in XP and &quot;I'm the only user&quot; issues.. http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/cobd/cnet/cnet_88x31.gif http://forums.cnet.com/ 31 88 CNET.com CNET http://www.cnet.com ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-344822.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-344822.html 22 Jul 2004 18:44:25 PDT Bob, what about my setup ? My XP Pro came with an account named 'User', and indicated as 'Computer Administrator'at Use ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-123953.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-123953.html 05 Feb 2004 15:56:46 PST <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=321305" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=32 ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-123906.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-123906.html 05 Feb 2004 15:26:27 PST I just installed the latest version of <a href="http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-123761.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-123761.html 05 Feb 2004 13:12:59 PST I'm not adverse to discussions, but do take time to read this thread. The reason for having another Administrator capa ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-123220.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-123220.html 05 Feb 2004 06:52:29 PST I understand your admonition not to ask another question which has already been answered in the string. Hope I am not. H ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-123214.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-123214.html 05 Feb 2004 06:47:01 PST 1. You have the CLASSIC setup that this discussion is about. No other account to get in with if there is an issue.<br ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-123196.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-123196.html 05 Feb 2004 06:14:17 PST After reading these posts, I went into control panel/ user accounts. My wife and I use only one user account. However in ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-123192.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-123192.html 05 Feb 2004 06:06:22 PST Thanks for the bump. I was actually looking for this thread that I remembered from last year. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-121671.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-121671.html 03 Feb 2004 23:19:58 PST To logon as the hidden Administrator you have to get into Safe Mode.<br>There are two ways to do this:<br><br>1. On rest ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-38717.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-38717.html 18 Nov 2003 08:40:22 PST David, I am running XP Home on a Gateway computer and the OS and all the programs came preinstalled. I have 4 of there ( ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-37214.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-37214.html 17 Nov 2003 04:27:38 PST That is correct.<br>The original acount &quot;Owner&quot; is in fact not the Hidden Administrator account.<br><br>So you ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-37032.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-37032.html 16 Nov 2003 20:09:17 PST Okay, David, here's what happened:<br><br>As I said before, I renamed my Administrator Account back to its original name ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-37024.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-37024.html 16 Nov 2003 19:59:58 PST Logon to the original Administrator account.<br>(You have renamed it Administrator?).<br>I would set a password which yo ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36690.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36690.html 16 Nov 2003 14:35:30 PST Before you make any changes do some tests to check if your hidden Administrator account exists or if you had renamed it ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36670.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36670.html 16 Nov 2003 14:21:49 PST I've renamed the Main Account back to its original name, and I've created a new user account. I've downloaded Tweak UI ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36664.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36664.html 16 Nov 2003 14:16:38 PST I am one of those blissfully unaware single use account users. I read and reread this trying to digest it and it giving ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36581.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36581.html 16 Nov 2003 13:05:37 PST My friend using a tablet pc with XP home edition, as far as I remember, I can use the CAD twice to logon as administrato ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36488.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36488.html 16 Nov 2003 11:40:29 PST The reason for my top post was to single out the single user issue that caused a small flare-up in another post.<br><br> ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36279.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36279.html 16 Nov 2003 06:39:05 PST Dave,<br><br>This is the situation we are warning about.<br>It is not advisable to only operate with the original &quot; ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36252.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36252.html 16 Nov 2003 06:23:24 PST In my Documents and Settings folder, there are ten <br>user folders, of which I only created one. It seems<br>that on oc ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36221.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36221.html 16 Nov 2003 05:36:29 PST After you've renamed the Main account to Administrator you should try and boot witht the XP CD and access the Recovery C ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36217.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36217.html 16 Nov 2003 05:31:56 PST Do as Gakada suggested and rename the Main Account back to Administrator and set a password for it.<br>All this can be d ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36188.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36188.html 16 Nov 2003 04:57:54 PST As for the welcome window screen, you can use tweakUI for Windows XP to hide all the user... and don't use any password ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36114.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36114.html 15 Nov 2003 23:42:37 PST Administrator account is for someone who manage the PC, who can do anything to the PC.<br>So, for some security and savi ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36107.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36107.html 15 Nov 2003 23:33:19 PST Okay, since I'm one of the &quot;blissfully unaware&quot; who just replaced my old computer with a new one running XP Ho ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36030.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36030.html 15 Nov 2003 21:05:04 PST This is a source of frequent frustration. Windows XP<br>is supposed to be for the novice user because it's so<br>simple ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36022.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-36022.html 15 Nov 2003 20:51:11 PST Bob,<br><br>Unfortunately most who are new to XP are blissfully unaware of the &quot;hidden&quot; Administrator account. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-35946.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-35946.html 15 Nov 2003 19:19:48 PST Let me share that I get the tough ones for problems. One problem that I run into often enough is the machine which has ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-35929.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6142_102-35929.html 15 Nov 2003 18:42:36 PST