upgrading xp administrator account

Just a heads up if you are planning on doing an upgrade of an XP machine like I did where the only active account is administrator. The install went along just fine but after it completed I was unable to logon to my machine because Vista apparently locks out the Administrator account if it was activer prior to install. As this was the only active account on the machine at the time, I couldn't do anything. You would think that the upgrader/installer could detect this condition and prompt you to create a new account just like it does during a fresh install. Oh well. Live and learn.

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Just a heads up if you are planning on doing an upgrade of an XP machine like I did where the only active account is administrator. The install went along just fine but after it completed I was unable to logon to my machine because Vista apparently locks out the Administrator account if it was activer prior to install. As this was the only active account on the machine at the time, I couldn't do anything. You would think that the upgrader/installer could detect this condition and prompt you to create a new account just like it does during a fresh install. Oh well. Live and learn.