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Jul 24, 2005

I've read that if there is a User profile other than Administrator existing, then the Administrator user will not show at the signon screen _unless in Safe Mode_. I am using WinXPpro SP2. My memory does not serve me well enough, but I now have: Admin, Another Username, and Guest showing at the signon screen when in Normal mode. I might have changed the first User account five times since getting this PC in January,; it presently shows as Admin and I have assigned a password to it. How can I prove that the "Admin" user actually is or is not the Windows XP administrator account? Need to clarify this issue before going through with copying data files from the existing "Admin" user profile to another profile for my daily routine usage. Perhaps I need to go into Safe Mode and search for an ADMINISTRATOR user profile there?

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