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From: "Bernie Cosell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 17:41
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I can't even *FIND* the administrator account! Probably it only shows up
in safe mode. It isn't there on the 'user' applet in the admin tools and
I can't runas to it.. I do have a password on the admin account and
if/when I can get to the real administrator account I'll fix it, too..:o)
This messing with XP/Home is a real experience... I didn't fully
understand just how bad a job MS did with that -- they really did make
having reasonable security essentially impossible: basically, they
managed to take a top-shelf, secure operating system and convert it [as
far as security is concerned] back into W95 because they made it too
[EMAIL PROTECTED]@$# hard to get things set up. [as I've said and Tony will
attest, I'm sure, once you *do* get it set up, it is al really no bother
at all but *getting* there is an unbelievable hassle on XP/Home]
At the Welcome Screen type ctrl-alt-del, might have to do it twice I don't
recall, and the login dialog should come up. You can then login as
Administrator.
The intention of XP Home was for the home user that had no network or
administrative needs. They just want to startup and go. If you try to use it
out of that target you'll have problems.
I've always been amused by the Dell, HP and other's ads that have a
statement similar to "We recommend Microsoft XP Professional" and then turn
around and only offer XP Home on so many ready to buy systems with no option
to upgrade the OS.
Regards,
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Rick Cogan from Melbourne, FL
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