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worker201:
It doesn't. An administrator is an administrator. If you've never seen this administrator account before, it probably has a default password, which you should change immediately.
What you should do is get into group/user management and create a power-user account for yourself. That gives you sufficient privileges to work and maintain the system, but doesn't give you root access. If you're a power user, the only time you need to be an administrator is to overwrite a .dll or something. You can still install software and take ownership of most files. After that, the administrator account really is a super-administrator.
But really, even with those precautions, Windows security is a joke. The Mac requires you to revalidate your password when you install software and security updates. And by default, there is no root account - only user accounts with sudo access.
Refalm:
--- Quote from: worker201 on 12 October 2008, 22:59 ---No fucking clue what a CCleaner is
--- End quote ---
CCleaner is a program that cleans up all temporary files and unneeded register entries.
He probably got a corrupt NTFS index, which happens more than you think with Windows 2000.
Lead Head:
--- Quote from: worker201 on 13 October 2008, 12:50 ---It doesn't. An administrator is an administrator. If you've never seen this administrator account before, it probably has a default password, which you should change immediately.
What you should do is get into group/user management and create a power-user account for yourself. That gives you sufficient privileges to work and maintain the system, but doesn't give you root access. If you're a power user, the only time you need to be an administrator is to overwrite a .dll or something. You can still install software and take ownership of most files. After that, the administrator account really is a super-administrator.
But really, even with those precautions, Windows security is a joke. The Mac requires you to revalidate your password when you install software and security updates. And by default, there is no root account - only user accounts with sudo access.
--- End quote ---
The thing I can't change this Administrator account. It is only accessible through safe mode. Windows says my account is an Administrative account, but apparently there is still one step higher. But I agree, the security systems of other operating systems are much better.
worker201:
You are a member of the administrators group. "He" is a member of the administrators group. No difference.
To change the password:
open Control Panel
open Administrative Tools
open Computer Management
in left frame, expand Local Users and Groups, click on Users
in the right frame, right-click Administrator and choose Set Password
pick something you will remember, and write it down somewhere safe!
This is also the place where you can add yourself to the power-users group:
double-click on your account name (in the right frame)
go to the Member Of tab
click Add
type 'Power Users'
click Check Names - it will recognize it
click OK
You are now a member of the Power Users group. For best security, remove yourself from the Administrators group. When the Administrator is required, you can log out and log in as Administrator now.
Yeah, not sorry for providing Windows help here. This is important stuff, and it's hard to track down this info. Lead Head needed this information, would you really send him to a fanboy site to get it? I learned this stuff from a book published by Microsoft Press - surely it would be against the spirit of the forum to suggest sending them money?
WMD:
All that stuff just above only works in XP Pro. Home Edition is more likely to have the scenario as described by Lead Head.
Either way, it has no higher privledges. If you want to log into it without going to safe mode, hit Ctrl+Alt+Del twice at the Welcome screen and the old-style login box will appear. Type "Administrator" for the user name and it will let you in, provided you know the password.
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