How do I enable Administrator account in XP Home Edition?

cpthk · 09-24-2006, 12:24 PM

How do I enable Administrator account in XP Home Edition?

I know the professional edition can enable at Computer Management -> Local Users and Groups -> User ->Administrator properties, uncheck "Account is disabled."

But I realized in Home Edition, there is no "Local Users and Groups" in the Computer Management. How do I enabled the Administrator account?

PS: The windows home edition is a pre-install from Compaq since I bought this laptop. They always disable the Administrator account on every model of their products.

Thanks for help.

leeroyMarv · 09-24-2006, 01:45 PM

I'm not exactly sure seeing as how i have the prof edition, but try looking around user accounts in the control panel. I know that you can enable and disable the guest account from there so try looking around and see if anything works.

SirKenin · 09-24-2006, 06:41 PM

You can only log in to Administrator in Safe Mode in XP Home.

You can try this script to enable it in Safe Mode if you like:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/XP_...inistrator.zip

cpthk · 09-24-2006, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirKenin

You can only log in to Administrator in Safe Mode in XP Home.

You can try this script to enable it in Safe Mode if you like:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/XP_...inistrator.zip

That tool is only for show administrator on welcome screen. Not enable administrator account.

SirKenin · 09-24-2006, 10:20 PM

There is no Administrator login on XP Home. The idea was to get it to show up in Safe Mode if that was an issue, although I can't see why it would be. However, he won't be able to access the account in Safe Mode either. Compaq makes sure of that. The account is enabled, but no password you try will work.

E521Bith · 12-23-2006, 07:56 PM

There is no administrator account on windows xp home. i would create 1 like i did i called it administrator1

X2BreakOfFate · 01-17-2007, 03:24 PM

Download umm.. Well just run a search on google for powertoys and click the link from microsoft. Theres some kind of Tweak thing to the side called like tweak xp or something and you can enable it from there.

09-24-2006, 12:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
cpthk Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 32	How do I enable Administrator account in XP Home Edition? How do I enable Administrator account in XP Home Edition? I know the professional edition can enable at Computer Management -> Local Users and Groups -> User ->Administrator properties, uncheck "Account is disabled." But I realized in Home Edition, there is no "Local Users and Groups" in the Computer Management. How do I enabled the Administrator account? PS: The windows home edition is a pre-install from Compaq since I bought this laptop. They always disable the Administrator account on every model of their products. Thanks for help.

12-23-2006, 07:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
E521Bith New Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: UK Posts: 5	There is no administrator account on windows xp home. i would create 1 like i did i called it administrator1 __________________ E521Bith DELL E521, 19INCH TFT FLAT PANEL, 250GB HDD, 1GB DDR RAM, WINDOWS XP PRO, VISTA READY, FREE VISTA UPGRADE, AMD 3800+ CPU. 4.1 GHZ.

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09-24-2006, 01:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
leeroyMarv Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 181	I'm not exactly sure seeing as how i have the prof edition, but try looking around user accounts in the control panel. I know that you can enable and disable the guest account from there so try looking around and see if anything works.

09-24-2006, 06:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
SirKenin banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,711	You can only log in to Administrator in Safe Mode in XP Home. You can try this script to enable it in Safe Mode if you like: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/XP_...inistrator.zip

09-24-2006, 10:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
SirKenin banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,711	There is no Administrator login on XP Home. The idea was to get it to show up in Safe Mode if that was an issue, although I can't see why it would be. However, he won't be able to access the account in Safe Mode either. Compaq makes sure of that. The account is enabled, but no password you try will work.