Microsoft KB Archive/281992

= Original Administrator Account Does Not Appear During Friendly Logon Method =

Article ID: 281992

Article Last Modified on 7/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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This article was previously published under Q281992



SYMPTOMS
On a Windows XP Professional-based computer that is a member of a workgroup, you have the option of using the friendly logon interface as opposed to the classic Windows logon interface. If you add a second user that has administrative privileges, the built-in Administrator account does not appear during the friendly logon method.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem so that you can access the original Administrator account:
 * 1) Press the CTRL+ALT+DELETE key combination twice during the friendly logon interface to use the conventional Windows 2000 logon interface.
 * 2) Restart the computer in Safe mode, or log on remotely by using Remote Desktop and the Autologon feature of the Remote Desktop Client.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Keywords: kbprb kbui KB281992

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