won't go in the original thread. Re Administrator account use.
David, I want to question some of your comments in your post.
that I am replying to. However, the forum setup doesn't allow me to see the entire post.
The first one that I will comment on is "Only when one sets up XP will one be aware of the Administrator account and also set up a user account."
I know that I am dumber than most, but I have set up XP Pro three times; original, dead HDD replacement, and once when all else failed. I HAVE NEVER had any such burst of knowledge during those processes. I never assigned an Administrator or a password [just stepped through without taking any action].
You seem to imply that the corruption of the Administrator file [account?]or whatever it is is highly likely.
I tried following all of the posts in this thread and am still confused.
Could you please provide a step by step tutorial as to how one should install XP Pro from scratch? When, in the process, and where does one install ones applications.
Now that I has apparently screwed up my installation you seem to be saying that I will have to create a user account and copy files into it. Does that mean that I then have to reinstall the App's which were in stalled when the was only one account, which you seem to say that would be called Administrator.
Sure sounds again as if XP is not as great an OP Sys as advertised if one can't even install it without total knowledge of the program before one installs it.
NEXT. If installing XP Pro as an upgrade to 98 SE what process has to be followed then??? Where do the existing files app's, profiles, etc go that are in Win98 SE???I expect to do both on different machines in the next few weeks. How does the Admin account get setup and what goes into it and how many other things have to be moved to not be as screwed up as my system apparently is at this time [of course, it is working fine].
This is so D----d frustrating. How the h--l can I honestly tell people that XP is a great improvement? This issue and the corrective action would be totally beyond their capability.

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