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Old 01-05-2006, 04:40 PM
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Default Re: Admin./User Accounts

Terry Haeber wrote:

> Ron
> This is what I have listed:
> User name Group
> Administrator Administrators
> ASPNET Users
> User Administrators
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> When I log on there is only one acct. - Terry - Administrator - that comes
> up.
> Terry


How many are there if you go to Safe Mode?

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> "Ron Sommer" <rsommer@nospam.ktis.net> wrote in message
> news:OK8Xx7T7FHA.3860@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
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>>How do you know that you only have one administrator account?
>>Start, Run, control userpasswords2
>>What do you have listed?
>>--
>>Ron Sommer
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>>"Terry Haeber" <Terry Haeber@anonymous.ca> wrote in message
>>news:eAKDLWT7FHA.472@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
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>>>Hello
>>>XP Home, SP2, IE6
>>>
>>>I am the only person who uses or has access to my computer, and as such
>>>have always worked from the Administrator account - the only one I have
>>>set up. From reading posts in various MS groups I now realize that this
>>>is rather foolish. I set up a User Acct., but don't understand how to
>>>export everything to the User Acct. so I can work from it.
>>>What I am wondering is if I can safely create a second Admin Acct. - #2,
>>>change the original -#1 to a User Acct retaining all files etc. now on #1
>>>to work from, use #2 when Admin. priveleges are required, and then export
>>>any new additions from #2 to #1.
>>>If I do so, would you recommend that I make a new disc image (Acronis
>>>True Image), or would a regular incremental back up be sufficient?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>Terry
>>>

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