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Mr doe
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      11-01-2009
I am a administrator, The Welcome screen comes up and Has myself listed
as well as Administrator. I Want No Welcome Screen or a Welcome screen
without Administrator on it .

Win 7 professional.
 
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      11-02-2009

"Mr doe" <> wrote in message news:...
> I am a administrator, The Welcome screen comes up and Has myself listed
> as well as Administrator. I Want No Welcome Screen or a Welcome screen
> without Administrator on it .
>
> Win 7 professional.


Right-click Computer > Manage > Local Users and Groups > Users
Double-click 'Administrator'
Select 'Account is disabled'.
Click 'Apply' , 'OK'.
Reboot/log off

If your account has no password then you should boot to your desktop.


 
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Andy
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      11-02-2009
"Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in
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>
> "Mr doe" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> I am a administrator, The Welcome screen comes up and Has myself
>> listed as well as Administrator. I Want No Welcome Screen or a
>> Welcome screen without Administrator on it .
>>
>> Win 7 professional.

>
> Right-click Computer > Manage > Local Users and Groups > Users
> Double-click 'Administrator'
> Select 'Account is disabled'.
> Click 'Apply' , 'OK'.
> Reboot/log off
>
> If your account has no password then you should boot to your desktop.



Whoa!

I don't entirely know what you mean but it sounds like some good magic
worth saving!!!

Thanks,

Andy


 
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      11-02-2009

"Mr doe" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I am a administrator, The Welcome screen comes up and Has myself listed as
> well as Administrator. I Want No Welcome Screen or a Welcome screen
> without Administrator on it .
>
> Win 7 professional.


So how come the Administrator account is there in the first place? This
account is disabled BY DEFAULT in both Vista and Windows 7.
Something happened to make it appear. This /might/ be the action of malware
or a virus.

 
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      11-02-2009

"Andy" <> wrote in message news:Xns9CB6C1A6FD353Cotd@216.196.97.131...
> "Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in
> news::
>
>>
>> "Mr doe" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> I am a administrator, The Welcome screen comes up and Has myself
>>> listed as well as Administrator. I Want No Welcome Screen or a
>>> Welcome screen without Administrator on it .
>>>
>>> Win 7 professional.

>>
>> Right-click Computer > Manage > Local Users and Groups > Users
>> Double-click 'Administrator'
>> Select 'Account is disabled'.
>> Click 'Apply' , 'OK'.
>> Reboot/log off
>>
>> If your account has no password then you should boot to your desktop.

>
>
> Whoa!
>
> I don't entirely know what you mean but it sounds like some good magic
> worth saving!!!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andy
>
>


From a book I am currently reading:

In Windows NT, 2000, and XP, there was an account named Administrator
that was, by definition, a Computer Administrator account. You may have
noticed that it's nowhere to be seen in Windows 7.
Actually, it's still there, but hidden. There's a good reason for this.
It's disabled by default and hidden on the Welcome screen and even in Safe Mode.
And it requires no password to log on. This was done to provide a way to recover
if you somehow manage to delete the last (other) Computer Administrator account
from your computer. In this case, Windows will automatically enable the
Administrator account so that you can log on (without having to remember a password)
and re-create one or more Computer Administrator accounts, or turn a Standard User
into an Administrator.
(You would then immediately log off and use the restored regular account.)



 
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      11-02-2009

"Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
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> From a book I am currently reading:
>
> In Windows NT, 2000, and XP, there was an account named Administrator
> that was, by definition, a Computer Administrator account. You may have
> noticed that it's nowhere to be seen in Windows 7.
> Actually, it's still there, but hidden. There's a good reason for this.
> It's disabled by default and hidden on the Welcome screen and even in Safe
> Mode. And it requires no password to log on. This was done to provide a
> way to recover
> if you somehow manage to delete the last (other) Computer Administrator
> account
> from your computer. In this case, Windows will automatically enable the
> Administrator account so that you can log on (without having to remember a
> password)
> and re-create one or more Computer Administrator accounts, or turn a
> Standard User
> into an Administrator.
> (You would then immediately log off and use the restored regular account.)
>


Correct - so my question to the OP (and still not answered) is, what did he
(or someone or something else) do to enable the Administrator Account in the
first place? If he did nothing, then it sounds like malware or a virus to
me...

 
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      11-02-2009

"Gordon" <> wrote in message news:Z-...
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> "Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> From a book I am currently reading:
>>
>> In Windows NT, 2000, and XP, there was an account named Administrator
>> that was, by definition, a Computer Administrator account. You may have
>> noticed that it's nowhere to be seen in Windows 7.
>> Actually, it's still there, but hidden. There's a good reason for this.
>> It's disabled by default and hidden on the Welcome screen and even in Safe
>> Mode. And it requires no password to log on. This was done to provide a
>> way to recover
>> if you somehow manage to delete the last (other) Computer Administrator
>> account
>> from your computer. In this case, Windows will automatically enable the
>> Administrator account so that you can log on (without having to remember a
>> password)
>> and re-create one or more Computer Administrator accounts, or turn a
>> Standard User
>> into an Administrator.
>> (You would then immediately log off and use the restored regular account.)
>>

>
> Correct - so my question to the OP (and still not answered) is, what did he
> (or someone or something else) do to enable the Administrator Account in the
> first place? If he did nothing, then it sounds like malware or a virus to
> me...
>


If malware or a virus had managed to manipulate the hidden Administrator
account in Vista\Win7 then I think it would be all over the web before now.





 
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      11-02-2009

"Dave-UK" <Here@home> wrote in message
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> If malware or a virus had managed to manipulate the hidden Administrator
> account in Vista\Win7 then I think it would be all over the web before
> now.
>


Well something has happened - it's not overly straightforward to enable the
built-in Administrator account either in Vista or Win 7...


 
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      11-02-2009
Mr doe wrote:
> Gordon wrote:
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>> "Mr doe" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> I am a administrator, The Welcome screen comes up and Has myself
>>> listed as well as Administrator. I Want No Welcome Screen or a Welcome
>>> screen without Administrator on it .
>>>
>>> Win 7 professional.

>>
>> So how come the Administrator account is there in the first place? This
>> account is disabled BY DEFAULT in both Vista and Windows 7.
>> Something happened to make it appear. This /might/ be the action of
>> malware or a virus.

> This is a New install.. NEWly formatted Drive . Windows 7 professional.
> The Malware Has to be on Microsofts Win7 DVD if there were one...
>
> Same installation , But Now Both of my DVD burners ( NEW) have
> disappeared from win 7... Bios Shows they are reconised . But win7 says
> that the driver CDROM.SYS is Corrupted . And TRUSTINSTALLER will not let
> me Replace CDROM.SYS Even tho I am the administrator .

I created a Restore point last night before Bed time.

I start up the computer this afternoon and The Optical Drives are not
responding. Win7 Statem says that cdrom.sys is corrupted . Don't know
how this could happeb when the power was shut off to the computer for 13
hours .
I did the restore point I made last night and BOTH OPTICAL drives are
now working .
Win 7 is a nightmare . I feel I should put the Win7 cd Thru my Cd
Shreader and go back to Winxp

Now I know Why There is No Microsoft window 7 newsgroups. The Donot
want The Truth being told to prospective Buyers .
 
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      11-02-2009
Gordon wrote:
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> "Mr doe" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> I am a administrator, The Welcome screen comes up and Has myself
>> listed as well as Administrator. I Want No Welcome Screen or a Welcome
>> screen without Administrator on it .
>>
>> Win 7 professional.

>
> So how come the Administrator account is there in the first place? This
> account is disabled BY DEFAULT in both Vista and Windows 7.
> Something happened to make it appear. This /might/ be the action of
> malware or a virus.

This is a New install.. NEWly formatted Drive . Windows 7 professional.
The Malware Has to be on Microsofts Win7 DVD if there were one...

Same installation , But Now Both of my DVD burners ( NEW) have
disappeared from win 7... Bios Shows they are reconised . But win7 says
that the driver CDROM.SYS is Corrupted . And TRUSTINSTALLER will not let
me Replace CDROM.SYS Even tho I am the administrator .
 
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