Mistake with users

[Colonel Sanders]

I'll admit I know almost nothing about dealing with the users in win2K, but I thought I did, and now I made a mistake.

I heard it was a bad idea to log on as the administrator, so I created an account for me to be a "power-user". However, even as a power user, I couldn't install adobe reader. :mad: . So I switched to the admin-mod to see if I could remove all accounts that were not administratot, no luck.

How do I either give myself more power, or remove myself?

Yes, I feel like a n00b asking this....

TIA, Logan

[K A Hall]

Easiest way would be to make the new account a member of the Adminstrators Group. Right Click My Computer ->Manage->Expand Local Users and Groups-.Click Users-.click on the user account-Members Tab->Add.

[lil Jimmie]

Here is what I do, first I create an account with admin privileges (for me) and create an alphanumeric password then change the default Administrator name that also has an alphanumeric password and the rest of the accounts are limited. I don’t like to have to log off and log back to install or make changes, but one other thing to try is the “run as” option I know XP has it but I can’t remember if 2K supports it or not.

[mairving]

You really shouldn't login as admin and stay. That is kind of asking for trouble. You can use runas by typing in cmd in Start/Run.

Here is the RUNAS USAGE:

RUNAS [/profile] [/env] [/netonly] /user:<UserName> program

/profile if the user's profile needs to be loaded
/env to use current environment instead of user's.
/netonly use if the credentials specified are for remote access onl
/user <UserName> should be in form USER@DOMAIN or DOMAIN\USER
program command line for EXE. See below for examples

Examples:
> runas /profile /user:mymachine\administrator cmd
> runas /profile /env /user:mydomain\admin "mmc %windir%\system32\dsa.msc"
> runas /env /user:user@domain.microsoft.com "notepad \"my file.txt\""

NOTE: Enter user's password only when prompted.
NOTE: USER@DOMAIN is not compatible with /netonly.

[gladiator]

You never did say why it was a bad idea to log on as Administrater.:(