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Old 08-28-2007, 06:30 PM
CreeperKamikaze
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Re: Starting up in wrong account

Thanks! That solved my problem. :-)

"Terry R." wrote:

> On 8/28/2007 2:30 PM On a whim, CreeperKamikaze pounded out on the keyboard
>
> > After I partitioned my hard drive, Windows XP activated the default
> > administrator account and now instead of logging into the administrator
> > account I initially created when I first installed XP, it's been booting up
> > into the default administrator account.
> >
> > How do I fix it so I can remove the default admin account and have XP boot
> > up into the one I created again?

>
> Open Control Panel, User Accounts. Click "Change the way users log on or
> off". Click "Use the Welcome screen". The Administrator account doesn't
> show there, so you should be able to select the account you want to log
> in to.
>
> Then to have it log into that account each time:
> Click, Start, Run, type control userpasswords2 and click OK
> Check the box that requires users to enter a password.
> Click on your own account name.
> Uncheck the box that requires the users to enter a password.
> Click OK.
> Enter your current password when prompted.
>
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> Terry R.
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Old 08-28-2007, 06:30 PM