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XP Home Guest Account
I currently have xp prof. this is my home pc with no other computers attached. It orginally had 98,me,w2k on it.The administrator account was renamed. I had been using this is as my main account. When i upgrade to xp the old renamed account dosen't show up on the logon screen with the pretty icon.

Sharing - needs user ID and password?
When I restarted the computer it seems that my user name and info have been reset and I cannot log-in or unlock from the start-up screen. I do not have anyway to get the administrator access info as the company is out of business. What can I do? Would upgrading to XP be a solution? Can I upgrade from the CD without

functionality for other users
I cannot left or right click therefor gain access to my account and as I am the administrator on the computer this is causing major problems. I am using my partners account but it will not let me delete or uninstall the upgrade to XP. Often there is a message displayed which reads "THE DATA REQUIRED BY HP CENTRE IS

NT4 Server Access Limited to Admistrator
Something I cannot figure out: I have Office 97 installed at the moment, and am about to install the upgrade to XP. I have the computer (XP Home OS) configured with me as the password-protected administrator, and a separate account (guest) for everyone else in the house to use. The problem is this: While in my

XP SP2 Network Install: Not Authorized to Upgrade XP
I don't like zelda\meszter, zelda\administrator entries because all your other entries are by group designations such as administrators, guest, Other than that it could be that your "user profiles" are mixte-up or damaged. If so I would suggest you try to make another administator account and try that.

Unable to Save in Word 2003 - Nothing Happens
I'm using XP Home (obviously, given the subject line of my original post), and I assume I'm logged on as administrator, since my account is the only account on the system. (The Guest account is turned off.) All the partitions on my hard drive are NTFS. It would appear that it is an XPPro-only thing then,

Upgrading from XP Home to XP Pro - Any hints/suggestions?
xp boy jj...@juno.com microsoft public windowsxp newusers i recently upgraded a factory installed version of xp home to xp pro. first i tried the "upgrade" 2. the only listed account is the default administrator account, but even if i create a new admin account (which sould make the default one disappear),

asp.net account after upgrade to XP Pro?
Looks to me like Microsoft has really crippled XP Home Edition. Any further thoughts? Do I really need to upgrade to XP Pro to be able to use the Willow Creek How can I grant administrator privelege to the guest accounts in standard Windows XP Home? I have two XP Home systems on a five node peer-to-peer network

complaints about Windows XP. NOT!
Select Administrator. Then go to User Accounts in Control Panel. Select a user. Click "Change account type" Change that user to an Administrator. Password all accounts with All I can think of is that I modified my kids accounts to remove Administrator. What are my options? Reinstall XP Home, or Upgrade to XP Pro?

upgrading to xp
We used a new retail version of XP that included SP1. During upgrade we added only one account that is an admin account and did not specify a password. There was no Administrator account. Now if I run a test such as holding down the shift key while right mouse clicking an exe program and select the RunAs option

Remote Web Workplace - Client Logon Rejected
(WinME had other instability problems which caused me to decide to upgrade to XP Home). When I start up XP, it does not reconnect the 3 shares on the XP Home Edition can only log in to the hidden Administrator account in Safe mode. It might be interesting to start in Safe mode with network support and see if

I guess it's time to 'take back the web'.
I contacted customer support for vista and got a reply from them saying that when upgrading from xp to vista, sometimes vista only sees the one account on xp and esp. if you only have one account Ok, well I reformatted to XP Home, then upgraded to Vista Home Premium, but I'm having a problem with administrator.

How to print to a W2K Professional PC from an XP Home PC.
After upgrading to XP this configuration no longer works; nothing will print at all. I have tried creating a root user on the client pc and in the domain, and tried setting the AFPS printer password to the Administrator password. For simplicity I am doing this in a test environment logged in as root and

Upgrading from XP Home to XP Pro
Paging file functionality requires system account permissions and proper size http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;259151 Maybe this. To change the size of the virtual memory paging file You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete

upgrading to xp
... microsoft public windows vista general The two methods given above did not work on my Vista Home Premium system that was not an upgrade from XP. Next time you log in, the Administrator account, (initially WITHOUT a password) will be presented with an option. To turn it back off, substitute "no" for "yes" in

Upgrade to XP - Missing documents
HLA adl...@bellsouth.net alt os windows-xp I have an upgrade XP Pro to Win2KPro. I had a problem installing a modem and found a problem with my administrator account. I could not log in getting a message that would not allow me to type a password but passed me to a user account. We finally decided to re-install XP

Terminal Server ?
Using the Administrator account (starting up in Safe Mode) works around this. Running this command (from Start> Run) shell:cache\content.ie5 should also display The only 'changes' I've made are to install the Win XP SP2 upgrade, and all the MS Security updates. This is a standalone computer and I don't have to

W2K Upgrade to XP Prof. on Laptop
If you have access to another user account with administrator rights, you can use that account to change the password of the account that is locked out. You can also use the default Administrator account that is built into Windows XP. First you need to boot the system into Safe Mode: 1. Restart your system. 2.

FAT32 files?
I am an administrator on every computer on the network. I have disabled simple file sharing on APPLE. I cannot access APPLE anywhere on the network. Whatever workgroup (default for XP is MSHOME) will be what you need have it join. As it was an upgrade did it maybe had an older workgroup name and need to be

changed network setting, can't Log On
For example, with XP you can only create a "Computer-Administrator" (not the same as the Win2000 "Administrator") or a "limited" user account (Win2000 allows several kind of Not tried out XP yet. I have been very happy with Win2k finally. Should I upgrade to XP? What are the significant differences if any?