How do you log on as the computer administrator in windows xp professional?

Answer 1

A common way is to simply press Ctrl-Alt-Del at the log in screen.

For Windows XP Home Edition

The administrator account in Windows XP Home Edition can only be accessed from safe mode.

To log on as the Administrator

1. Click Start, click Turn Off Computer, and then click Restart.

2. Once your system begins to restart, press the F8 key to bring up the options menu.

3. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Safe Mode option, and then press ENTER.

4. When the "Windows Welcome" screen appears, click Administrator to log on.

To add an administrator password, which helps make your computer more secure, click Start, click Control Panel, double-click User Accounts, and then click Change an Account. Under "Pick an account to change," click Administrator, and then click Create a password.

For Windows XP Professional

Until you set up a user account on your computer, you need to log on as the Administrator. For security reasons, you should create a user account for yourself and a user account for each person who may be using the computer.

After you complete Setup, your computer restarts and the "Log On to Windows" dialog box appears.

To log on as the Administrator

1. In "Log On to Windows," type Administrator and the password you assigned to the administrator during Setup.

Note If you do not see a place to enter this information, press CTRL+ALT+DELETE twice to view "Log On to Windows," where you can log in as Administrator.

2. Click OK.

If a message appears informing you that the system could not log you on, verify that CAPS LOCK is not turned on, and then retype your password.

In general:All you have to do is to go onto control panel, click user accounts, press yours and it has a list saying what you can do , and you just have to click on , Change the account types to computer administrator. (This doesn't help if you don't have the authority to make yourself administrator.)

Caution

Running Windows XP or other NT-based versions of Windows as an administrator makes your computer vulnerable to unnecessary security risks. The best practice is to use your Standard user account to perform routine tasks such as running programs, working on documents, and visiting internet sites and use your administrator account only when you need to make changes to your computer's settings.

Answer 2

If it's a Dell laptop/computer, as soon as you log in for the first time, it either automatically makes you an administrator or it asks you if you want to become one. If yours is the only account on the computer, then you can change your account from a standard user to an administrator and vice versa whenever you want to. If there's another account on your computer and they are an administrator and your not, you'll have to ask their permission if you ever wanted to do something which the computer recognises as something that needs permission, like changing your account type from standard or guest to administrator. Hope this helped! ;-)

Answer 3

If you are using a windows based operating system then go to start menu click on switch user or Log off (if switch user button is not available directly), you will be asked to enter the name and password of your administrator account. Enter it and you will be logged on to administrator.

If you are a command line interface user on a Linux/UNIX operating system then-

* type the command $su

( here $ is a command prompt), you will be asked for the password enter the password and you are done.

Answer 4

Well if you are set up as the only computer user, you are already the Administrator. If there are multiple computer users go to the control pannel, click user accounts, user accounts, and then see if you see Administrator under your name. If you really and truly need to log in as an Admin, and are not doing so for malicious activity, restart your computer, while your computer is starting up, before the Windows screen, push F8 until you are to select the different modes to start up Windows. Select Safe Mode or Safe Mode with Networking. Then continue starting up. When you get to the welcome screen all computer admins are available to log in, including the "hidden" administrator account.

Answer 5

To log on as an administrator, you need to have a user account on the computer with an Administrator account type. If you are not sure if the account that you have on the computer is an administrator account, you can check the account type after you have logged on by doing the following:

(The steps that you should follow will vary, depending on whether your computer is on a domain or a workgroup)

1.For computer on a domain:

Open User Accounts by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking User Accounts, clicking User Accounts, and then clicking Manage User Accounts. Administrator permission required If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

Your user name is highlighted and your account type is shown in the Group column.

2.If computer is in a workgroup

If your account type is not Administrator, then you cannot log on as an administrator unless you know the user name password for another account on the computer that is an administrator.

Answer 6

Start>Shut down

Or press the button on the computer.

Answer 7

you type the admins username and password