Help: What is the administrator password? What if I've never set i

I have heard of the "administrator password" for a super-administrator.

But I have never "set" the "administrator password" or "super admin password".

I do, however, have a user account with admin privileges that I set a
password to.

Is that the same thing? Does my creating a user account with admin
privileges and password make the password for the super-admin the same, or
will the vista admin password still remain blank?

I'm wondering if this is the case, if a hacker tried to break into my system
to grab files, if I never set the administrator/super-admin password, does
that mean there is none, and they just walk right in,

or does it default to the password I have on my user account with admin
privileges?

Thank you again for your help!

john ha wrote:
> I have heard of the "administrator password" for a super-administrator.
>
> But I have never "set" the "administrator password" or "super admin password".
>
> I do, however, have a user account with admin privileges that I set a
> password to.
>
> Is that the same thing? Does my creating a user account with admin
> privileges and password make the password for the super-admin the same, or
> will the vista admin password still remain blank?
>
> I'm wondering if this is the case, if a hacker tried to break into my system
> to grab files, if I never set the administrator/super-admin password, does
> that mean there is none, and they just walk right in,
>
> or does it default to the password I have on my user account with admin
> privileges?
>
> Thank you again for your help!

They are two different user accounts and passwords are not shared
between the two, just like any other user accounts on the machine don't
share psws with other user accounts.

But there is nothing stopping you in setting the password for both
accounts to be the same, to make it easy on you. It's been times I had
to sit there and think about what is the psw to the super-admin-account,
since I seldom use the account.

And the super-admin-account should be psw protected, not left blank.

Try

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john ha;1243448 Wrote:
> I have heard of the "administrator password" for a super-administrator
>
> But I have never "set" the "administrator password" or "super admi
> password"
>
> I do, however, have a user account with admin privileges that I set
> password to
>
> Is that the same thing? Does my creating a user account with admi
> privileges and password make the password for the super-admin the same
> o
> will the vista admin password still remain blank
>
> I'm wondering if this is the case, if a hacker tried to break into m
> syste
> to grab files, if I never set the administrator/super-admin password
> doe
> that mean there is none, and they just walk right in
>
> or does it default to the password I have on my user account with admi
> privileges
>
> Thank you again for your help

Hello

It is not the same thing. Unless you specifically set the roo
Administrator password (which you said you have not) then there is n
password set. Therefore, a local hacker could just boot into Safe Mod
and access your files

Richar

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niemiro;1257581 Wrote:
> > john ha;1243448 Wrote:
> > I have heard of the "administrator password" for a super-administrator.
> >
> > But I have never "set" the "administrator password" or "super admin
> > password".
> >
> > I do, however, have a user account with admin privileges that I set a
> > password to.
> >
> > Is that the same thing? Does my creating a user account with admin
> > privileges and password make the password for the super-admin the same,
> > or
> > will the vista admin password still remain blank?
> >
> > I'm wondering if this is the case, if a hacker tried to break into my
> > system
> > to grab files, if I never set the administrator/super-admin password,
> > does
> > that mean there is none, and they just walk right in,
> >
> > or does it default to the password I have on my user account with admin
> > privileges?
> >
> > Thank you again for your help!> >
>
> Hello,
>
> It is not the same thing. Unless you specifically set the root
> Administrator password (which you said you have not) then there is no
> password set. Therefore, a local hacker could just boot into Safe Mode
> and access your files.
>
> Richard

No, safe mode will boot to the User account, not the
Super-administrator.


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theog

> No, safe mode will boot to the User account, not the
> Super-administrator

Oh, I had no idea. So for several years I have been wandering aroun
with that misconception in my head! Also, why is it that if you loc
yourself out of your files, you can usually recovery them in Safe Mode
Is it simply because it is Safe Mode and the security is relaxed
Thanks

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"theog" <> wrote in message
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> No, safe mode will boot to the User account, not the
> Super-administrator.

Safe Mode *can* boot into the "Administrator" account.

If it *CAN*, then when does it? I am completely confused now

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On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:49:03 -0700, john ha wrote:

> I have heard of the "administrator password" for a super-administrator.
>
> But I have never "set" the "administrator password" or "super admin password".

Wow, you're getting answers that are all over the map. Let me try to
clarify here.

1. There is no such thing as a "super-administrator. There is an account
named Administrator and you can add additional accounts that are members of
the Administrators group.
2. The difference between the account named Administrator and an account
that is a member of the Administrators group, is that the account named
Administrator, if used, will always have an administrative level access
token and will not be required to elevate by UAC when attempting to perform
a privileged operation.
3. Safe mode does not automatically "boot" into any particular account, be
it the Administrator account, an account that is a member of the
Administrators group, or a standard user account. Assuming you have a
password set on the account you need to logon after you've booted to Safe
mode.
4. In Vista and Windows 7, the account named Administrator is disabled by
default, so although you don't set a password on the account named
Administrator during setup, the account simply can't be used on a default
system regardless of what mode you're booting into.
5. From a security perspective there's really no reason to set a password
on the account named Administrator because of the previous point. In order
to be able to use the Administrator account, a hacker would first have to
crack the password of an existing account on your computer that is a member
of the Administrators group. If they were able to do so, they'd already
have administrative access to your computer and would have no need to use
the account named Administrator.
6. Finally, in order to take advantage of Safe mode in the first place, an
attacker would need to have physical possession of your computer, in which
case, the computer is no longer yours, and it belongs to the hacker any
way.


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Thank you! What a perfect description! Now we all know what Safe Mod
is! Thanks again

Richar

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