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Administrator Account How to Disable the Default

From a security aspect it is advisable to consider changing the Administrators Account.

Because the built in Administrator account is a default account in Windows XP, hackers already know half of the two things they need to know (The account name and password) to log onto your XP computer with administrative privileges.

For better security, you can create another user account and give it administrative privileges, ( My Tip ), then disable the local administrator

account.

Before going any further create an other account with administrator’s privileges

When you done that this is what you do to eliminate the default :‐

Log on with an administrative account, either the built in Administrator or the new account you have given admin privileges.

Right click My Computer.

Click Manage to open the Computer Management console.In the left console pane, expand the Local Users and Groups node.

Select Users.

In the right details pane, double click Administrator to open its properties box.

On the General tab, select Account Is Disabled.

Click OK.

Close the Computer Management console.

The change will only become effective after you log off and then log back on