Change the Administrator account name in Windows XP anti-hacker attacks

On a computer running Windows XP Home and professional, there is a built-in administrator account named "Administrator", so that if a hacker is going to attack your computer, then he (or maybe she) just needs to decipher your login password. We certainly do not want to provide such a convenient condition for hackers, and then we have to make their offensive more strenuous. In fact, to change the default name of the built-in Administrator account, you can add a barrier to hackers.

First look at how to change the Administrator account name in Windows XP Home Edition. Here are the specific steps.

1. Click Start | run, enter control USERPASSWORDS2 in the Run dialog box, as shown in Figure 1, and click the OK button.

2. In the User Accounts dialog box, select the "Administrator" account under "native User", as shown in Figure 2, and then click the Properties button.

3. In the Administrator Account Properties dialog box shown in Figure 3, change the name of the administrator account in the text box to the right of the user name to a different name, and then click the OK button.

In fact, the methods described above also apply to Windows XP Professional. However, in the XP Professional Edition, there is another way, the specific steps are as follows.

1. Open Control Panel in Explorer, and then double-click Administrative Tools

If the XP Category view shown in Figure 5 is displayed so that administrative tools is not displayed, you need to click "Switch to Classic View" on the left to find it

2. In the Administrative Tools window, double-click Local Security Policy.

3. In the Local Security Settings window, select security Settings | Local Policies | Security options on the left, and then double-click Accounts: Rename system Administrator account on the right.

4. In the account: Rename system Administrator account Properties dialog box, as shown in Figure 8, change the name of the system administrator account, and then click the OK button.

It should be explained that the method described above is only a minimal increase in security, to deal with the novice hacker is still possible, so it is not a preferred method of recommendation. A better and more secure approach is to create an additional administrator account in the Administrators group, and then deactivate the existing built-in Administrator account so that it is not vulnerable to attack. If you need to re-enable the original built-in Administrator account, you can reboot into Safe mode and log in with the original built-in Administrator account (that is, administrator), even if it is disabled.