Hopefully, someone can HELP solve this problem. OS is WinXP Pro. I was working on a new office computer. The computer had only one icon on the LOGON screen; the administrator icon was not present. Let's call the one icon that was visible, 123. This user had administrator rights and no password. I wanted to set up additional user accounts with passwords and no administrator rights. I logged on with 123, went to Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management. I then set user account abc, def, and ghi. All of these user accounts were assigned passwords and did not have administrator rights. Because the boss had told me that he did not WANT anyone else to use the computer, I then went to 123's page, member of tab, where I found that it was a member of Administrators. I highlighted this and clicked Remove. I expected 123 to lose administrator privileges but failed to assign the account to user status. When I rebooted, 123 icon was no longer visible, although abc, def, and ghi were along with the Administrator icon. I then went to set the Administrator password, intending to give this to my boss who would then change it. When I tried to set a password, Administrator ASKED for a password instead. I appears that a password is somehow installed for the Administrator account, although the boss says a password was not set for the machine at all on any account.

What happened? How could the Administrator account ask for a password it none were ever installed? Something is screwy here and I am having a difficult time convincing anyone that I did not set a password for the administrator account. Yes, it is true that I tried to set a password, as I was supposed to, but could not because Administrator wanted a password. It now appears that I am trying to lock out my boss. Nothing could be further from the truth. I did not give myself administrator privileges (ghi account is mine) and told the boss how to use control passwords2.

Can anyone solve this for me? I would be most appreciative.

William GardenhireHave you tried a blank password? I think you will be prompted for a password even if there isn't one set when you change the Administrator password. If it is blank, just leave it that WAY.