Saturday, June 4, 2011

How do I get rid of the Administrator user at my xp windows log-in?

I do have multiple users with Administrator priviledges and I am not currently running safe mode.





When I check the user settings (regardless of who I log-in as), the only options it gives me (after clicking %26quot;change an account%26quot;) for the Administrator user name is to either change the password or change the picture. I have already removed the password (to no avail) and changed it in hopes it would do something.





I even get this message at the bottom of the window when I am at the %26quot;change an account%26quot; screen.





%26quot;The administrator account is only visible on the Welcome screen when no other user accounts exist (except the guest account), or when you start the computer in Safe Mode.%26quot;





My computer is contradicting itself... Any help/ideas about the situation would be greatly appreciated!|||go into each account and remove password. start in regular mode and do it that way.|||Open Registry Editor.





In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key:





HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\鈥?NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccoun鈥?br>




Create the following entry:





Administrator: REG_DWORD





Assign a value of 1 to enable, or 0 to disable the ADMINISTRATOR account from appearing on the log-in screen.





Close Registry Editor.





Reboot.





NOTE: This works with XP-PRO for sure, not certain about XP-HOME.