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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