XP help - administrator account on home network

Hi

Just got a new laptop with XP and setting it up on home network and so on.
Probably a really stupid question but how do I get the Administrator
account listed as one of the options on the welcome screen. I can only
see all of the new accounts I have created not the Administrator, I know
it exists because I can use it by going back to the Win2K style of log
on but I would prefer to have it on the welcome screen. I know I can
have the other accounts as administrator but I prefer not to.

Silly question I know but for the life of me I can't work out how to do it.

Cheers

R

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 20:36:01 +0000, Dantes <1@2> wrote:

>Hi
>
>Just got a new laptop with XP and setting it up on home network and so on.
>Probably a really stupid question but how do I get the Administrator
>account listed as one of the options on the welcome screen.

using RegEdit, navigate to:
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserLis t

create a new DWORD value, named Administrator.

data: 1 = show Administrator
0 = Don't show Administrator
--
Don't let people drive you crazy when you know it's in walking
distance.

Derek wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 20:36:01 +0000, Dantes <1@2> wrote:
>
>
>>Hi
>>
>>Just got a new laptop with XP and setting it up on home network and so on.
>>Probably a really stupid question but how do I get the Administrator
>>account listed as one of the options on the welcome screen.
>
>
> using RegEdit, navigate to:
>
>>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserLis t
>
>
> create a new DWORD value, named Administrator.
>
> data: 1 = show Administrator
> 0 = Don't show Administrator

wow why is it so complicated?
thanks very much for replying

Dantes wrote:
> Derek wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 20:36:01 +0000, Dantes <1@2> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Just got a new laptop with XP and setting it up on home network and
>>> so on.
>>> Probably a really stupid question but how do I get the Administrator
>>> account listed as one of the options on the welcome screen.
>>
>>
>> using RegEdit, navigate to:
>>
>>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
>>> NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserLis t
>>
>>
>> create a new DWORD value, named Administrator.
>>
>> data: 1 = show Administrator
>> 0 = Don't show Administrator
>
> wow why is it so complicated?
> thanks very much for replying

Security!

/Mats

Mats Karlsson wrote:

> Dantes wrote:
>
>>Derek wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 20:36:01 +0000, Dantes <1@2> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi
>>>>
>>>>Just got a new laptop with XP and setting it up on home network and
>>>>so on.
>>>>Probably a really stupid question but how do I get the Administrator
>>>>account listed as one of the options on the welcome screen.
>>>
>>>
>>>using RegEdit, navigate to:
>>>
>>>
>>>>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Window s
>>>>NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\Use rList
>>>
>>>
>>>create a new DWORD value, named Administrator.
>>>
>>>data: 1 = show Administrator
>>> 0 = Don't show Administrator
>>
>>wow why is it so complicated?
>>thanks very much for replying
>
>
> Security!
>
> /Mats
>
>
so what is the suggested way for when you want to log in as administrator?

>>
>so what is the suggested way for when you want to log in as administrator?

Switch to classic logon, a la 2000 style.
...

SJW
A.C.S. Ltd.

Lurch wrote:

>>so what is the suggested way for when you want to log in as administrator?
>
>
> Switch to classic logon, a la 2000 style.
> ..
>
> SJW
> A.C.S. Ltd.

what about under the circumstances where the administrator is there but
not any of the users, how can he/she log on from the welcome screen?

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 20:36:01 +0000, Dantes <1@2> wrote:

>Hi
>
>Just got a new laptop with XP and setting it up on home network and so on.
>Probably a really stupid question but how do I get the Administrator
>account listed as one of the options on the welcome screen. I can only
>see all of the new accounts I have created not the Administrator, I know
>it exists because I can use it by going back to the Win2K style of log
>on but I would prefer to have it on the welcome screen. I know I can
>have the other accounts as administrator but I prefer not to.
>
>Silly question I know but for the life of me I can't work out how to do it.
>
>Cheers
>
>R

If you download and install Tweak UI (part of the PowerToys suite ) from
Microsoft you can just switch this function on or off at will.

Tweak UI gives you access to alot of things that you can't normally access.

Clansman

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 00:58:12 +0000, Dantes <1@2> wrote:

>Lurch wrote:
>
>>>so what is the suggested way for when you want to log in as administrator?
>>
>>
>> Switch to classic logon, a la 2000 style.
>> ..
>>
>> SJW
>> A.C.S. Ltd.
>
>what about under the circumstances where the administrator is there but
>not any of the users, how can he/she log on from the welcome screen?

AFAIK you can't get XP up and running without setting up users.
I'm not sure I understand your question.
...

SJW
A.C.S. Ltd.

Lurch wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 00:58:12 +0000, Dantes <1@2> wrote:
>
>
>>Lurch wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>so what is the suggested way for when you want to log in as administrator?
>>>
>>>
>>>Switch to classic logon, a la 2000 style.
>>>..
>>>
>>>SJW
>>>A.C.S. Ltd.
>>
>>what about under the circumstances where the administrator is there but
>>not any of the users, how can he/she log on from the welcome screen?
>
>
> AFAIK you can't get XP up and running without setting up users.
> I'm not sure I understand your question.
> ..
>
> SJW
> A.C.S. Ltd.
I mean say there are a couple of users who are able to log on from the
welcome screen but neither are unavailable (e.g. left the company, gone
on holiday). On Win2K the administrator would still be able to access
the machine and create new users. This doesn't seem to be the case with
WinXP