Can't change settings of limitted user Learnperson 10/17/2008 4:01:00 AM I used Safe Mode to remove the unknown administrator's password and changed this account type to limitted user while create my own account as PC administrator. I could now login this desktop and set all the Display Properties for my account. Howerver, the Display Properties of the previous Administrator (currently is Limitted User) cannot be changed and nothing displays in its Start Menu. It stay the same when I change this account to Administrator. Please show me how to solve this proplem -- Explore

Re: Can't change settings of limitted user "WMB" <brown.2005[ at ].comcast.net> 10/17/2008 3:45:55 PM Hi, I got this info from reading these newsgroups. From my reading, you should have left the original Administrator account alone. Its the Admin Account that only shows from Safe Mode when the OS is XP Home. There are some actions you may encounter, later during learning to use your OS, where you will be instructed to use this "Main Administrator" account from safe mode, to perform. When installing the OS and you are asked to provide a password, leave it blank or input Administrator. Once the OS is installed create whatever User Account with Administrative Privileges that you need or limited user accounts as neccessary. Hope this helps. "Learnperson" <Learnperson[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9B08B727-6D02-4A3D-AC97-A00F319E4013[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I used Safe Mode to remove the unknown administrator's password and changed > this account type to limitted user while create my own account as PC > administrator. I could now login this desktop and set all the Display > Properties for my account. Howerver, the Display Properties of the > previous > Administrator (currently is Limitted User) cannot be changed and nothing > displays in its Start Menu. It stay the same when I change this account to > Administrator. Please show me how to solve this proplem > -- > Explore

Re: Can't change settings of limitted user "Don Phillipson" <e925[ at ]SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> 10/17/2008 11:40:28 PM "Learnperson" <Learnperson[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9B08B727-6D02-4A3D-AC97-A00F319E4013[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > I used Safe Mode to remove the unknown administrator's password and changed > this account type to limitted user while create my own account as PC > administrator. I could now login this desktop and set all the Display > Properties for my account. Howerver, the Display Properties of the previous > Administrator (currently is Limitted User) cannot be changed and nothing > displays in its Start Menu. It stay the same when I change this account to > Administrator. Please show me how to solve this proplem You may find it faster simply to reinstal. You pushed the ladder away after you had climbed up it. Every WinXP PC needs an Administrator account to perform housekeeping actions Limited Users are not permitted. The reason your User Start Menu shows nothing is that you put nothing there. The Settings & Documents wizard is designed to compile personal settings from one user (e.g. your old Admin account) and transfer them to another (your new User account.) See whether you can use System Restore to reboot as at an earlier date when the old Admin account existed. If so, you can export Settings & Documents from that account and import them into your new User account: and then keep the Admin account because you will need it. (The Users wizard lets you choose whether or not to show the Admin. account at logon.) WinXP is designed to be self-documenting (1) in the PC, (2) on line. If you prefer a printed manual, the IDG (Dummies) WinXP is good but those published by Que seem better. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)