Checking whether a user name is part of the Administrators group in Windows XP
1.Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2.In the Control Panel,
3.If only user names with Limited Access then the current user logged on does not have Administrator privileges. Log off and select another user name.
Note: If you are not able to determine which user accounts have administrator privileges, contact the person who first setup your XP system for account and password information.
Windows 2000
You must log on to your Windows 2000 machine with a user name that is part of the Administrators group. If you know the user name and password of a user that is part of the administrator’s group (this could be the
Logging on to Windows 2000 with a user name that is part of the Administrators group
1.If you are already logged on as a user that is not part of the Administrators group, close all programs, click Start and point to Shut Down.
2.In the Shut Down Windows window, choose Log Off User where User is the user name you are currently logged on as. Click OK.
3.The Log On Windows box will open requesting a user name and password. In the User name box enter a user name that is part of the Administrators group and the password of that user in the password box. Click OK.
4.Windows will log you on as that user name.
Checking whether a user name is part of the Administrators group in Windows 2000
1.Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2.In the Control Panel,
3.On the Users tab, under ″Users for this computer″, locate your user name that you know the password for. Check whether Administrators is listed under the Group section for that user name. If so, that user is part of the Administrators group. If you are not already logged on as that user, follow the instructions above under “Logging on to Windows 2000 with a user name that is part of the Administrators group”. If there are no user names
