who’s the administrator (the alleged BIG IMPORTANT GUY who owns the computer)
And if it isn’t me, how do I change it to me ( who’s actually small and unimportant)?.
Problem:
Had the computer in the shop for tweaking. It comes back
and I now can’t make some changes, like going back to my Home Page,
calling for closing tabs when I shut down my browser.
On the welcome page press CTRL+Alt+Delete and it will come up with a login prompt.
Type in Administrator and Enter - no password unless some idiot has set one.
What if XP is set to auto-login?
eta: Further to Myglaren’s reply: Once you’re logged in as administrator you’ll be able to use control-panel : users to ‘upgrade’ yourself to administrator.
I did what you said but don’t get a login prompt.
I got the welcome page.
Hang about and I will look on an XP machine.
Damned thing has just gone haywire. Been on for a few days but crashed a few times, couldn’t log in at all and now it won’t finish booting.
Generally the CTRL-Alt-Del will bring up a login box that will allow you to log in as any profile holder and as Admin, which is otherwise generally hidden. - you actually have to type it in first time it is used.
These sound like browser settings, not user privilege problems.
True, but I am not allowed even to do those things. I wonder if the guy who tweaked my system, named a new admin to make changes and forgot to revert to me.
If I’m wrong, how do I make browser changes, please?
I told it FireFox) (today) time and again to go back to my Home Page. Won’t.
Unless it has been hijacked.
Unlikely but not impossible.
If you have Spybot Search & Destroy (Download.com) run the Immunisation tool if XP will allow it.
Also on the advanced mode, download the Safer Networking Hosts File.
You may also try starting Firefox as administrator, right click on the icon on the Programs list and select “Run As Administrator” if that option is available.
To check who’s administrator on Windows XP Professional:
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[li]Right-click My Computer and select Manage.[/li][li]In the window that opens, click the plus sign next to Local Users and groups in the left pane to expand the category.[/li][li]Then choose Groups.[/li][li]Double-click Administrators in the right pane.[/li][/ol]
Now a window will open, listing (the user names of) all administrators.
In the course of this short, but excellent tutorial of yours, I discovered that:
Seems FireFox has bugs and I might not be able to resolve the problem on my own. I have sent in a question and hope to hear from them.
Thank you, Bagistan for the enlightenment!!
Put yourself back in Users. Permissions in XP are cumulative, so if you are in the Users and Admins group, you have the rights of both.
Another quick way to dtermine if you have Admin privileges in XP: Right click the Start Menu. If you see “Explore All Users”, you have Administrator access to that PC.
Will do exactly as you say. And very soon. Thanks for the advice.