I set up a Vista with a Administrator, password protected account and then set up a Standard user account but at the moment I find that the Standard user account can delete the Administrators password and account how can that be?
What I would like to do is have an Administrators account and a User account with Administrator privileges but I don't want the User account to be able to Delete the Administrators account or password.
I have heard of the "administrator password" for a super-administrator.
But I have never "set" the "administrator password" or "super admin
password".
I do, however, have a user account with admin privileges that I set a
password to.
Is that the same thing? Does my creating a user account with admin
privileges and password make the password for the super-admin the same, or
will the vista admin password still remain blank?
I'm wondering if this is the case, if a hacker tried to break into my system
to grab files, if I never set the administrator/super-admin password, does
that mean there is none, and they just walk right in,
or does it default to the password I have on my user account with admin
privileges?
I have heard of the "administrator password" for a super-administrator.But I have never "set" the "administrator password" or "super admin password".I do, however, have a user account with admin privileges that I set a password to. Does my creating a user account with admin privileges and password make the password for the super-admin the same, or will the vista admin password still remain blank?I'm wondering if this is the case, if a hacker tried to break into my system to grab files, if I never set the administrator/super-admin password, does that mean there is none, and they just walk right in, or does it default to the password I have on my user account with admin
privileges?
I have had my computer with Windows Vista for a couple of years now, and I keep forgetting to ask about this. Anytime I open or run something that requires Administrative usage in my computer, it prompts me to do so, however does not ask for any password to continue. I have been on other computers with Vista that prompt you to enter your Administrative password when something needs to be run via the Administrator. How do I set up my account to prompt the user for the Administrative password when running something as an Administrator?
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ose. I have tried right
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