How does Windows XP modify the Administrator account name?

When you install Windows XP, an administrator account is created by default, and if you set up a new administrator account, the Administrator account with no password protection in the system will not appear in the user login list. But it is behind the scenes, but the system has the highest privileges, system security can not guarantee that the proposed changes to the Administrator account name and then set the password.

How to: Start – Run – Enter Gpedit.msc–windows Settings – Security Settings – Local Policies – Security options – Rename the system administrator account

If you want the administrator account to not be displayed in the foreground, you can use the following methods to make the administrator account appear on the login screen

1. Use the "traditional login prompt" login
When starting the system to the Welcome screen, press the "Ctrl+alt+delete" key combination two times, enter the username and password of the administrator account in the login box that appears. You can also click start → Control Panel, double-click the user account icon, and in the User account window that pops up, click Change how users log on or off, remove the check box before using the Welcome screen, and click Apply Options You can enter the Administrator account name and password login at startup.

2. Display the Administrator account on the Welcome screen of the login

Click start → run, enter regedit back, open Registry Editor, expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows Ntcurrentversionwinlogonspecialaccountsuserlist "Branch, change the value of the Administrator on the right to 1 to allow the Administrator account to appear on the login Welcome screen.

Of course, if you do not need the administrator account, you can turn on the "Start → control Panel → management tools → Computer Management", in the "Computer Management" window, expand the "System tools → local Users and groups → users", in the "User" right window double-click the Administrator account, In the Pop-up Properties window, select the check box before account is deactivated, and then press OK to deactivate the administrator