Administrator & User name

[gerry]

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Hello,

Not sure I am in the right forum, I have recently had to reformat my pc, I
am struggling to get my settings back to how they were, I have now made
myself administrator, and also myself has a user name, I would like not to
have the 2 accounts so to speak, and delete the administrator settings, as it
appears I have set everything up in my user name, is it possible for me to
transfer my user name as the admistrator and delete the original
administator, sorry if I have confused you, I have confused myself.

Also I would like the pc to go straight to my desk top without showing the
welcome screen, I am the only person that uses the pc.

any help would be appreciated.

Frustrated


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[Guest]

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Gerry wrote:
> Not sure I am in the right forum, I have recently had to reformat my
> pc, I am struggling to get my settings back to how they were, I have
> now made myself administrator, and also myself has a user name, I
> would like not to have the 2 accounts so to speak, and delete the
> administrator settings, as it appears I have set everything up in my
> user name, is it possible for me to transfer my user name as the
> admistrator and delete the original administator, sorry if I have
> confused you, I have confused myself.
>
> Also I would like the pc to go straight to my desk top without
> showing the welcome screen, I am the only person that uses the pc.
>
> any help would be appreciated.

Keep the two accounts. Put passwords on both of them. That way you have a
backup in case something happens.

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[Rock]

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Gerry wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Not sure I am in the right forum, I have recently had to reformat my pc, I
> am struggling to get my settings back to how they were, I have now made
> myself administrator, and also myself has a user name, I would like not to
> have the 2 accounts so to speak, and delete the administrator settings, as it
> appears I have set everything up in my user name, is it possible for me to
> transfer my user name as the admistrator and delete the original
> administator, sorry if I have confused you, I have confused myself.
>
> Also I would like the pc to go straight to my desk top without showing the
> welcome screen, I am the only person that uses the pc.
>
> any help would be appreciated.
>
> Frustrated
>
>

The built in administrator account can't be removed. Besides you want
it there as a fall back in case the working account gets damaged. What
you have is the best approach. Create a user with admistrator level
privileges that is for normal use. Reserve the "Administrator" account
for special needs. Put strong passwords on both.

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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User