Default account security usage in Windows XP

When installing Windows XP, if an administrator account is set, the administrator administrator account with no password protection built in the system will not appear in the user login list. middle. Although it is behind the scenes, it has the highest authority of the system. In order to facilitate the operation and ensure the security of the system, you can set a password for it first, and then bring it to the station. The specific methods are described below.

1. Log in using "Traditional Login Prompt"

When you start the system to the welcome screen, press "Ctrl+Alt+Delete" twice and enter the Administrator account in the login box that appears. Username and password are OK. You can also click "Start → Control Panel", double-click the "User Account" icon, in the pop-up "User Account" window, click "Change User Login or Logout Mode", remove the check before "Use Welcome Screen" In the box, click “Apply Options” to log in directly by entering the Administrator account name and password at startup.

2. On the login welcome screen, display the Administrator account

Click "Start → Run", enter regedit and press Enter, open the Registry Editor, and then expand "HKEY_LOCAL_MacHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft \\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Winlogon\\SpecialAccounts\\UserList" branch, change the value of the Administrator on the right to 1, so that the Administrator account appears on the login welcome screen.

3. Log in to the Administrator account automatically

Click "Start → Run", enter control userpassWords2 and press Enter. In the "User Account" window that opens, remove "To use this machine, the user You must enter the password before the check box, press "Apply", enter the password of the Administrator account in the "Auto Login" window that pops up (Figure 1), press "OK" twice. Note: If you have set up another account to automatically log in, you should first select the check box in front of "To use this machine, the user must enter a password", press "Apply" and then remove the selected check box. You can also modify the registry to achieve automatic login, but there is no convenient method.


Figure 1
Of course, if you do not need an Administrator account, you can open "Start → Control Panel → Administrative Tools → Computer Management", in the "Computer Management" window, expand "System Tools → Local User and Group → User, double-click the Administrator account in the right window of the User, and select the check box before the account is disabled in the Properties window that pops up (Figure 2), press OK. Deactivate the Administrator account.


Figure 2