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#1 tnctx02

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Posted 14 January 2006 - 04:28 PM

To add the administrator's account to the welcome screen in Windows XP
Open Registry Editor.
In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList

Create the following entry: Administrator: REG_DWORD

Assign a value of 1.
Close Registry Editor.
Reboot.

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Posted 14 January 2006 - 11:55 PM

good tip,

but y would I wanna add administrator's account wen I am the administrator of the computer?

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Posted 15 January 2006 - 12:06 AM

No basically there is a User called Administrator that is hidden when you create a new account that has Admin rights.

This allows you to use an account that is hidden from the Welcome screen, though you can press ctrl + alt + del twice and type it in manually at the welcome screen.

Try it.

User: Administrator
Pass: Idiots leave this blank in setup and leave their computer open to me...otherwise it may be PW protected. :)

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Posted 15 January 2006 - 12:10 AM

r u sayin the password is nothing? I should leave it blank?

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Posted 15 January 2006 - 08:10 AM

Yeppers. Unless you made a pw when it was installed.

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Posted 15 January 2006 - 11:56 AM

Yeah, lots of my mates do that mistake. And later crawl to me asking for help, because some "leet haxor on their LAN just took over his PC lmao




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