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Networking Windows XP Home Edition with Windows 2000 Professional
For the time being I have chosen not to upgrade to XP, so how do I fix my system so I can use Windows Update again? 2000 (except DataCenter), Windows XP, or Windows .NET Server 2003 operating system, you can run the local administrator account on your computer without having to log off and then log on again.

Lost all settings upgrading from xp pro demo to xp home
If the latter, you could consider upgrading to XP Pro which has Remote Desktop. Otherwise there are 3-rd party products like PCAnywhere, but I have never used any .... I think this issue can be resolved my having the administrator at work create a password for me. I am getting frustrated, any help is appreciated. . . .

XP SP2 Network Install: Not Authorized to Upgrade XP
I'll be upgrading to a Linux distro long before I upgrade to XP. I prefer not to be beholden to a megacorp that has proven time and time again that it could give As a system administrator, I'm sick and tired of having to deal with web sites created by people who think micromanaging the display is a good thing,

Networking Windows XP Home Edition with Windows 2000 Professional
Log into the normally hidden Administrator account in Safe Mode. Go to the User Accounts applet and set your password. You can rename the account there; the type of fine-grained permissions and protection that you are asking about in this post and in your other post, you would be better off upgrading to XP Pro.

Upgrade XP to SP2: error 8007f004
Hi, Just upgraded from XP Home to XP Pro... Was curious why the process hadn't asked me for an administrator password, so I was poking around in the user setup after the upgrade... Found a "ASP.NET Machine A..." account along with my original account... What is this? Do I delete it?

Upgrading from XP Home to XP Pro - Any hints/suggestions?
HLA adl...@bellsouth.net microsoft public windowsxp help_and_support 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.

asp.net account after upgrade to XP Pro?
So zachd i have all but decided to give up and stick with my wmp6.4 untill i decide to upgrade to XP.Thx ever so much for all the help you tried giving me......ken -----Original .... I notice that information at the botom is relating to my old dial-up ISP (cache administrator) and not the current ADSL connection.

XP home network slow login to W2K shares
The NT/2K/XP family of Windows offers much better disk protection than the 95/98/ME family. Of course one wants to utilize that, thus my usual account only has regular user access rights, and I have an administrator's account used for things like installation and uninstallation of software packages.

Networking Windows XP Home Edition with Windows 2000 Professional
Hi Help Please I upgraded from WinXP to Vista Business I had only one user account Now this user account is called an Administrator but in reality is not when When i select change to Administrator the Change Account type box below de-activates? Now i cannot be nor create real administrator priviledges not can i

remote printing to Windows XP from OpenServer 5.0.6
The 700X came with XP Home preinstalled, and that worked fine. Recently I upgraded to XP Pro (I did an upgrade from XP Home, not a clean install of XP Pro.) and things have been running fine as an Administrator account. For security reasons I thought it would be a good idea to set up a Limited User account.

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Do I need my administrator at work to set up the username and password, or can I do it within my standard login profile? Judging from your email, I take it that I can't use Remote Desktop Connection in XP Home Edition? I might try VNC which is a freeware that is supposed to accomplish what I want. Upgrading to XP

Loading Empire Earth for Limited account access
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 and now when I restart I have two systems and am asked to choose which to start.

XP Pros firewall?
Christopher Muto m...@worldnet.att.net alt sys pc-clone dell a couple of notes regarding the above... you must be logged on as administrator to make the The people in my department's network support group say that upgrading to XP Pro will fix the problem. I hope they're right, otherwise I'm out the cost of the

Creating User Accounts
Now, after i got all my files from my old profile : D:\documents and settings\administrator, i delete it, the newly installation of XP gives me D:\documents and settings\administrator-MyPC*** , the problem is now that when i log off or switch from my default account (i had 3 on the current installation,

Administrator cannot access registry or uninstall programs
(without upgrading to xp pro. thanks for your assistance! While logged on to an account that belongs to the Administrator group, you can take ownership of the folders and files from the old account. There is information about this in Help and Support and the following article contains a step by step description of

Networking Windows XP Home Edition with Windows 2000 Professional
When I look at my account it says I am in the computer administrator..pls help. When XP boots up it only gives me two names to choose from...mine and my son's. When I upgraded to XP it asked me for my name. -----Original Message----- I am sure that you didn't loose your documents. It is just a matter of finding

Administrator Account for Non-XP Pro Machines
If you have XP Pro on your computer, at the log in screen type ctrl-alt-delete twice. In the user account type administrator, leave the password blank and press enter. You likely didn't create a password for this hidden account during setup and if the computer was purchased with XP pre-installed it doesn't likely

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The two methods given above did not work on my Vista Home Premium system that was not an upgrade from XP. Because it was not an upgrade, Local Users and 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

Temporary Internet Files Location Changed
DaViD Donna Baker wrote: I have XP set up so that I am administrator and my son is a limited account. He wanted me to load Empire Earth. It will not run. The game will run on my desktop. But the point of upgrading to XP in part -- was so that he could have a desktop with all of his favorite games.

Cannot update Windows ME
You need to upgrade to XP Pro, and then when the PC is joined to the domain, you will find that you can use Administrator. b) only Administrator can connect to server shares remotely If you have an account on the server called "CS" and it works from the network, then you should be able to connect as CS from the