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Old 07-05-2003, 06:16 AM   #1 (permalink)
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how do you log in as the windows xp administrator, i am
trying to uninstall norton internet security and i cant
because when i log in as the only user which sopposedly
has administrator acces it always askes me to log in as
the admin, so how can i log in as the admin?
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Old 07-05-2003, 09:11 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Make sure the default profile has admin rights
look in contol panel/user accounts: change user type.

should be Administator, not limited.
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>how do you log in as the windows xp administrator, i am
>trying to uninstall norton internet security and i cant
>because when i log in as the only user which sopposedly
>has administrator acces it always askes me to log in as
>the admin, so how can i log in as the admin?
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Old 07-05-2003, 04:48 PM   #3 (permalink)
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or reboot into safe mode(f8 at start)
sign in as the administrator
uninstall from there
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| how do you log in as the windows xp administrator, i am
| trying to uninstall norton internet security and i cant
| because when i log in as the only user which sopposedly
| has administrator acces it always askes me to log in as
| the admin, so how can i log in as the admin?


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Old 07-11-2003, 10:20 AM   #4 (permalink)
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On welcome screen press CTRL-ALT-DEL TWICE, you get the Windows 2000
Logon-screen.
Type name=administrator & password

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> trying to uninstall norton internet security and i cant
> because when i log in as the only user which sopposedly
> has administrator acces it always askes me to log in as
> the admin, so how can i log in as the admin?

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