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Account Issue
In a corporate environment, I wouldn't advise someone upgrade to XP unless there was some burning need (not likely), but for just about everyone else, like that Windows XP makes all users Administrators. I only want 2 administrative accounts on my machine. My account, and the default "Administrator" account.

Networking Windows XP Home Edition with Windows 2000 Professional
If so try reinstalling them or look fro XP drivers for the hardware. Is your external drive USB? Have you upgrade XP to SP2. Some systems have problems with SP2 that Are you logged on to your XP system with an Administrator or a Limited account? If you are logged on with a Limited account switch to one with

Big mess since upgrade to xp pro
Doug Knox MS-MVP dk...@mvps.org microsoft public windowsxp newusers XP Home will not work as an upgrade over XP Pro, as you've found. of a File or Folder in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308421 For XP Home, you will need to boot into Safe Mode in order to access the built in Administrator account.

locked account
The failure of ZoneAlarm in my NT system is the reason I got around to upgrading to XP. I now use ZoneAlarm with XP. I have turned off the XP firewall because it will not allow the PC-to-phone software I use to work and I must use the Administrator account to turn it off, so I keep it off.

Issues upgrading from XP home to Pro re: AD domain
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? For reference, the following 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.

XP Pro upgrade from XP Home
anyone know why? i am listed as administrator under user accounts. do i need to log on under the actual administrator account? anyone know how to do that as well? any help would be great. thanks! Outlook 200 must be re-installed after upgrading to XP. I was warned prior to the installation that I would have to do

Upgraded from XP to Vista Premium-Explorer is screwed up
Harry Ohrn harry...@webtree.ca microsoft public windowsxp basics A full retail version of XP will do upgrades. OEM versions will not. Yes you can upgrade from XP Home to Pro. Boot to your XP Home Desktop with an account that has administrator privileges. Simply pop your XP Pro Full retail version into the drive

Accessing files on a Network
Windows 2000 and XP call this account simply the Administrator account and it is part of the Administrators group, which has full control privilege on WinXP. I see in a few posts that there are comments on System Administrator. Will be upgrading to XP when available from WinMe. My computer is a stand alone.

problem with network after upgrade to XP
The log file in particular says: Failed To Enable SE_TAKE_OWNERSHIP_PRIVILEGE I would say do it while not connected to the domain (get the SP2 installation file onto the machine's own hard disk). Then boot, and log on as the formal account called Administrator and do it from that. -- Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows

User Admin settings on upgrade from XP
I had administrator priveleges within XP when I installed Office. I must have installed it to all users as My Wife's and Daughter's account can save in Word and files were directed to C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files rather than his directory within c:\Users but it may have happened after upgrading to Vista.

Administrator account logon
Second you can get to the administrator account in xp home by booting into safe mode, then log in as administrator. even log on as "administrator" because it is a Home edition. are there any tips you could give on how i could have access to this folder? (without upgrading to xp pro. thanks for your assistance!

Administrator has prohibited access to CD/DVD ROM drives
I applied the permissions for administrators and my account to all the keys and subkeys, and I marked them as inherited this time. I now have a funny mix of permissions with both inherited from current_user and not inherited, but I have full control throughout. Rebooted and I still have the "Administrator has

left over user accounts after upgrade from xp home to pro
About the only way around this without upgrading from XP Home to XP Professional is to enable the Guest account on the Windows 2000 Pro computer that has the For the XP Home PC I can setup the printer as a network Printer, the system prompts me for the Administrator password and I can print to that printer from

Loading Empire Earth for Limited account access
Worse, my "user" account isn'ta user account at all; it's an administrator account. Think about that a minute; the default account XP has you create a Many stability problems come from people upgrading over top a previous OS. If so, then XP's upgrade mechanism is broken. Another complaint is XP is bloated.

Change from XP Home to XP Pro
xp boy jj...@juno.com microsoft public windowsxp setup_deployment i recently upgraded a factory installed version of xp home to xp pro. first i tried the 2. the only listed accounts in control panels is the default administrator account and the guest account, but even if i create a new admin account (which

What is System Administrator
Christopher Muto wrote: i am curious what networking feature you find lacking in xp home. <deleted> I'm having problems connecting to shared network drives at my university while using my personal I8500 laptop. The people in my department's network support group say that upgrading to XP Pro will fix the problem.

Win2k to XP Should I upgrade?
James la...@portal.com microsoft public windowsxp setup_deployment 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

Xp Home - no administrator?
Andrew Davidson b...@blah.com microsoft public windowsxp general Richard, Is this a ploy on Microsoft's part to get us to upgrade to XP Pro? Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. The network path was not found. Here are some particulars: I am using simple file

SUPER STRANGE THINGS after installing SP2 !!! on XP pro
Kent W. England k...@mvps.org microsoft public windowsxp basics Windows 2000 and XP call this account simply the Administrator account and it is part of the I see in a few posts that there are comments on System Administrator. Will be upgrading to XP when available from WinMe. My computer is a stand alone.

xp home account security
Only microsoft public windowsme general Win Me unlike XP has no administrator mode or account although it is necessary to log on to perform various functions, by this I mean if presented with a logon screen when booting up that you don't simply click Cancel or Escape. Note though that when you upgrade using an XP