Why do I have both administrator's & owner's documents and settings in XP? Can I merge them and delete one?
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I'm going to take a guess that either you are running XP Home with the defaults, or you are running XP Pro and turned on the logon using menu options.\n\nThe administrator id is set up by default during XP installation, and does not appear as a user on the menu.  However, don't delete it.\n\nIn the event you screw up your id (assuming it's "owner") and it won't log on, you can boot into Safe mode and sign on as administrator (the password is normally blank unless you either changed it or set it during installation) and add a new userid.
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If you are talking about documents you wrote using XP Office (your old one) no, they will not be deleted. This is because those files do not form part of the Office program. If you were to uninstall your existing MS Office, your files would still be there, although the Icons would change because there would no longer be a program on your system associated with your documents.\n\nJust make sure your documents are not filed andywhere in your existing MS Office folder - if they are, move them to 'my documents'. Once you have done that, you can go ahead with the uninstall (if you have worries, I would back up your 'my documents' folder before you begin).
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When you install windows xp service pack 2 (windows xp integrated with sp2), it forces you to choose another account. The administrator account will be visible in the safemode. But the account you are using now is also an admin account.
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i have windows xp too, that happened to me ; what i did was go to start, then user accounts, then i clicked on mine; and i put change account type, and i changed it to normal ; after that i changed it back to admin and it works perfectly
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dont listen to these people that tell you to re-install windows cause they r wrong!!!!  Dont do that\ni know many ways to reset even an administrator password before xp boots up, i have programs that edit the SAM database files too........instant message me    hittin_joints@yahoo.com\n\nTo all you people who think you need to reinstall the operating system....get a life, that will make people loose all their information and files. Dont answer a question on here unless you know what you are talking about, that can ruin someones life if they rely on their computers for their job!  there are programs out there that can do this and i have them all and am willing to send anyone a copy.\nhittin_joints@yahoo.com
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Yes, you'll want to create a new user under Windows.  This will allow you to login differently and keep all your documents under a folder in your own name.  You can actually go and remove the folder for the old user afterward, as long as you remember to move any important documents from there BEFORE you delete.
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there is no way. even as an administrator of the computer, the secondary users still have that information kept private from you. thats the joys of windows xp lol
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Run REGEDIT and navigate to this key:\nHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE&#92;\n..SOFTWARE&#92;\n....Microsoft&#92;\n......Windows NT&#92;\n........CurrentVersion\n\nChange the RegisteredOrganization and RegisteredOwner values to whatever you wish.
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Manually editing a registry can be very dangerous.  If you are not 100% sure of what you are doing, don't do it.  Also, make sure you have a backup of your data before you mess around with it.  Danger lurks.\n\nAnyway, the administrator account should be able to edit the registry.  May just want to check you user account settings to make sure the administrator account really does have administrator access.  It can be taken away.  May also be the result of spy ware or a virus.
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no, yo can have them all be adminisrtator accouts if you wish, there is an overall admin accout you don't see unless yo boot in safe mode.
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If the machine has a default installation of Windows XP Home edition, there is probably no Administrator password set.\n\nThe Administrator account does not show up on the logon screen but it's easy to access it.\n\nPress CTRL+ALT+DEL twice.  You will see the standard Windows logon prompt.  Type Administrator for the account and leave the password blank.  Press Enter.  If no password was set, you will be logged in with full rights.\n\nOnce you're logged in, you can change the password for the other account in Control Panel.  While you're there, set a password for the Administrator account.\n\nIf there's an Administrator password set, you can go here for a cracking utility that works pretty well on most systems:\n\nhttp://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/\n\nAlso, most computer shops should have a copy of ERD Commander and should crack the Admin password for $50.00 or so.  It just takes about 5 minutes.  This will not break security like the above link will, though that isn't an issue with XP Home.
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You havnt got administrator rights.\n\nTry doing system restore to earlier date to save time.
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The Admin account is still there and working fine, it just isn't displayed on the welcome screen. Here's an explanation:\n\nThe Windows XP Welcome Screen is useful and looks very nice, but it is not perfect. One of the side effects to this feature is that the default Administrator account will not be displayed on the screen if you have defined another user account with admin privileges. Since the account you can create during Windows XP setup adds the user to the Administrators group, the original Administrator account is not visible by default. If you want to log on with the original Administrator account, you have a choice of four options.\n\n   1. The first option is to press [Ctrl][Alt][Delete] at the Welcome Screen twice This will change the Welcome Screen login to the Windows 2000 style log in, where you can now type Administrator and the password for the Admin account.\n   2. The second option is to boot in safe mode, under which the Welcome Screen will display only accounts with Administrator privileges, including the original Administrator account.\n       3. The third option is to make the Administrator account the only user account with the administrative privileges. This means that you will have to remove all other users from the Administrators group with the help of the Computer Management console.\n   4. The fourth choice is to add the Administrator to the Welcome Screen:\n\n      Start the Registry Editor\n      Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE &#92; SOFTWARE &#92; Microsoft &#92; Windows NT &#92; CurrentVersion &#92; Winlogon &#92; SpecialAccounts &#92; UserList &#92;\n      Right-click an empty space in the right pane and select New > DWORD Value\n      Name the new value Administrator\n      Double-click this new value, and enter 1 as its Value data\n      Close the registry editor\nNote: Remember, registry editing can be risky, so be sure you have a verified backup before making any changes.\n\n(Edit: By the way, to start the registry editor go to Start menu -> run and type regedit)
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Nope - its doing exactly what it is supposed to do.\n\nLog on as the same username you had before. The problem is that your old my documents is only allowing user "Tom" as you protected your MyDocuments folder. If you log on with "Tommy", this forder does not belong to you. Oh yea, also use the same password as before.\n\nAlternatively, you could log on as administrator in safe mode. tap the F8 key as the computer is turning on and select safe mode at the prompt.
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open start-control panel and set your administration settings from there.should do it for you.
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you have to create a new user account.  that folder is named after the login name in xp.  you may be able to modify your account name but I've never tried and not sure that would work.
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xp, you set up administrator rights that should passworded. W2k and w98 also have easy password controls