I plan on adding two users, my kids, to my computer, once I get
everything the way I want it. I restored the Administrator account from
the recycle bin and I guess I should do the same with default user.
Though I don't want them to be able to get into all the programs. I know
there's something on XP Pro that restricts them, and it's more than a
limited account will restrict. But I can't remember what it is.
Do you think the accounts will be ok if I restore them from the recycle
bin?
Diane Kroeckel
On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:04:41 -0800 David Gillett <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
> No, you cannot delete the Administrator account. In addition to
> having
> its rights, it is also the "owner" of important system files, and
> its
> internal "account number" is recognized as special. (You *can*
> rename it,
> and in NT and 2K this was often recommended as a security measure.)
>
> "All Users" and "Default User" are not real accounts. Items in
> the "All
> Users" folder are merged into the view of the system from whatever
> user is
> currently logged in -- the Start menu you see is a combination of
> the Start
> Menu folder under your account, and the one stored under "All
> Users".
> When a new user account is created, the files and folders under
> "Default
> User" are copied as the initial profile of that new user. If you
> delete
> everything under Default User, any future new profiles will be empty
> (stuff
> from "All Users" will still be seen).
> [You probably don't currently intend to ever create additional
> users, and
> that's fine. But I've seen cases where Windows decided something in
> a
> profile had become corrupt, renamed the old one and created a brand
> new one
> for the PC's user -- and that new profile begins as a copy of
> "Default
> User"....]
>
> David Gillett
>
>
> On 10 Jan 2007 at 13:05, Diane Kroeckel wrote:
>
> > I have several user accounts on my XP Pro system The main account
> under
> > my name, All users, and then Default User and Administrator. Can
> I
> > delete the Administrator and Default User accounts. The account
> under my
> > name has administrator rights.
> >
> > Diane Kroeckel
> >
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