UNLOCK,UNHIDE ,SHOW THE ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT IN WINDOWS XP

er accounts.In every installation of Windows XP there is a built-in and default administrator user account named Administrator, which is equivalent to super user or root in Unix system. However, if you have set up another user account in Windows XP, the Administrator account will be hidden, cloaked and invisible in User Accounts or Computer Management.

Now the Question is How to Unhide it ?
To see the Administrator account, you have to Boot Windows in Safe Mode. However, you can modify the Windows registry so that the Administrator account will be shown at Windows XP Welcome screen for you to select, in the Control Panel’s User Accounts and in the local user lists in Computer Management.

How to ?

1. Launch Registry Editor.

2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList in the
Registry Editor.

3. Double-click the Administrator key in the right pane.

4. If the Administrator key doesn’t exist, right-click on the above
tree in the pane, choose New, DWORD Value, name it Administrator and press .

5. Type 1 in the Value data box, and press .

Note: To launch User Accounts in Control Panel, you can go to Control Panel -> User Accounts, or click Start -> Run, and then type Control userpasswords and press Enter.

Once you unhide and reveal the Administrator account, you can change its picture or assign it a password or change the password. In addition, on the next boot to the Welcome screen, the Administrator account will be visible, along with all of the computer’s other us

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How To Hide Hard Disk Partition In Xp

Do you know you can hide a hard drive partition in Windows XP? If there is any sensitive information on your hard drive and you don’t want to share the drive with others due to security reasons, this will definitely come handy. Explore this article and get step-by-step assistance to perform this task.

Let’s take a look at the steps bellow
• Step 1: Click the Windows “Start” button and click “Run.”

• Step 2: In the command line, type “gpedit.msc“. This will open the group policy editor.
• Step 3: Move your mouse down to “User Configuration” and click the “+” sign next to it.
• Step 4: Click the “+” sign next to “Administration Template.”
• Step 5: Now browse down to “Windows Components” and click the “+” next to it.
• Step 6: Click on “Windows Explorer” and find the line that says “Hide these specific drives in my computer” on the right side of the screen.
• Step 7: Double-click “Hide these specific drives in my computer.” You can also right-click, then click “Properties.”
• Step 8: Here you have to select the box next to “Enabled.”
• Step 9: Click the arrow next to “Restrict All Drives” and select the drives that you don’t want to show.
• Step 10: Click “Apply” and then click “OK.”
• Step 11: Exit group policy editor.

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