admin account

This question relates to Windows XP home edition. I am not able to log in to
the computer with the "administrator" account. The error message is "unable
to log you on because of an account restriction." I haven't use this account
for a long time. I had put in a password for that account. I was able to log
in with that password before. Now I get this error message. Any explanation
why?

In XP Home you must boot into Safe Mode to access the built-in Administrator
account

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"Tigger" <Tigger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> This question relates to Windows XP home edition. I am not able to log in
> to
> the computer with the "administrator" account. The error message is
> "unable
> to log you on because of an account restriction." I haven't use this
> account
> for a long time. I had put in a password for that account. I was able to
> log
> in with that password before. Now I get this error message. Any
> explanation
> why?

Tigger wrote:
> This question relates to Windows XP home edition. I am not able to
> log in to the computer with the "administrator" account. The error
> message is "unable to log you on because of an account
> restriction." I haven't use this account for a long time. I had put
> in a password for that account. I was able to log in with that
> password before. Now I get this error message. Any explanation why?

Windows XP Home Edition's "administrator" account (the user originally by
the name of "administrator" - the built-in one...) is only accessible
through Safe Mode. Boot into Safe Mode and you can logon as
"administrator" - given you know the proper password (if any exists) for the
account.

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