I created an Administrator account in addition to the one created by the OS during installation. For some reason that I cannot remember, I changed the names of both these accounts, the one created by XP and the one created by me. I have forgotten which one is which. How can I find out which admin account was created by the OS during installation?
How can I find the Administrator account after name change
- Thread starter Janice
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go to safe mode, whichever account is listed first that is the real admin account
Thank you. That showed it all right. I had created 2 other accounts and the real Administrator account was not visible. I mistakenly thought that one of the two I created was the real Admin account. In safe mode all 3 were there with 'Administrator' at the top of the list.
While using the computer from another account, if I need to login as Administrator, what is the shortest (best?) way to do it? Is it possible to do this without disrupting the programs that are already open?
you should be able to get to the admin account if you logoff, or switch users, since I only use admin account in safe mode I cannot tell you if this is a fact, 
You must be doing this for an important reason. Can you tell me what it is?
the built in admin account is a failsafe, if something goes wrong with your other accounts you can always go to the admin account to attempt a correction, that is if you have not done anything to change the account.
Do you mean getting locked out of an other account or is there more to it?
I have never been locked out of an account so I cannot say for sure, mostly so you can fix corrupted accounts, I once forgot a password but corrected the issue with Hiren's Boot cd