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?

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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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.
>
> --
> Terry R.
>
> ***Reply Note***
> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.
> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
>

On 8/28/2007 6:26 PM On a whim, CreeperKamikaze pounded out on the keyboard

> 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.
>>
>> --
>> Terry R.
>>
>> ***Reply Note***
>> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.
>> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
>>

You're welcome!

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