Win XP logon screen question

[MoFunk]

I just had a family friend call me with this and I have no clue. He set up the default adminstrator account as his own, and he has another account called user1 that he lets the girls in his office use to access the web and stuff. He then set up a user2 account and now when he gets to the logon screen, he no longer see's the administrator account, so he can't log on. Is there any way to make the administrator account show back up? Thanks.

 

[bsobel]

Hit ctrl-alt-del twice at that screen to get the traditional login style box and login from there. XP automatically hides the admin account once another admin account is created. There is a reg hack to force it to always show on the welcome screen (albeit, I'll have to search or see if someone like Smilin has it handy).

The easy solution is for him to create his own account with admin privs and use that as 'his' account.

Bill

 

[AtTheGates]

You can also use TweakUI to make the admin account show.

 

[MoFunk]

Thanks guys, right after I posted this I remebered that darn tweakUI and I was loading it up on my machine to verify. Works like a champ. Hey bsodel that ctrl-alt-del trick is one I did not know and will come in handy. Thanks.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: AtTheGates
You can also use TweakUI to make the admin account show.

Thanks, I knew there was an easier way to do it, I had forgotten where I saw it (files information away for future use...)

Bill