>The Administrator account is a 'built-in'
>account for administering the computer. For this reason I don't think you
>can change the term 'Administrator' in every instance it's used in Windows.
>Think of it in terms of both a "position" and a user.
One of the categories of user groups in Win2000 is Administrators.  Out of the box, Win2000 contains one user in that group, whose default name is "Administrator".  The name can be changed to "George", or "Penelope", or whatever, without changing the administrator rights of that user or anything else, except his/her/its name.  That's what I have done.

>
>In your particular setup, I fail to see the advantage of your using a
>regular user account when you
 are, in fact, the Administrator.
Most Windows security people seem to recommend it.  http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/security/by_os/win2000.html is one example I have chosen at random from Google, out of hundreds I saw at a glance.  The assumption seems to be that it is easier to break into an account when it is already logged in, or to use the rights of that account to bad purpose.  It is also easier for the user to casually and accidentally damage his own system.  Steve Gibson seems, in one of his gadgets, to be recommending not logging in as an administrator unnecessarily, but it would be too complicated for me to give the reference right now, since it is in a gadget.  I also seem to remember having seen that advice in the Microsoft Press MCSE (70-210) Training Kit, which claims to be "official", although I admit that that proves little.

When
>operating in the capacity of a regular user, you often have to "ask the
>boss" (your other s
elf, the Administrator) to perform certain functions.
>Other users, if any, do not enter the picture unless you "relinquish
>command", so to speak, and become a regular user. In Windows XP you can have
>more than one Administrator account. I have not found that option in Windows
>2000.
I do it in Win2000.  The machine which I am writing on right now has 2 administrator accounts.
>
>I hope this has helped.
Maybe I should rephrase my question:  I assume that the default user name displayed in the runas GUI dialog box is stored somewhere in the registry.   Where?

Thanks.
David.

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