Help: Changing Windows 98 Administrator

Does anyone know how to change the administrator in Windows 98?

My hard drive went down and I was forced to dig out an old drive in
order to get back on the internet.

The old drive belonged to my brother, and even though no password is
needed to get to the desktop his name appears in the Administrator
field.

I would like to get rid of this box altogether rather than to have to
click cancel when it pops up, and also since I cannot change the
monitor settings which are stuck at 640 x 480, I was thinking that
perhaps I may need administrator privileges to change that. (But
correct me if I'm wrong).

The pages look terrible and I hate having to use a slide bar to read
messages.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

Searcher7 asked :-
Does anyone know how to change the administrator in Windows 98?

Try http://billsway.com/vbspage/
and look for the 'Change Registered Owner and/or Organization' VBS tool (6th
from top in 2nd set)

... also since I cannot change the
monitor settings which are stuck at 640 x 480,

Probably need to re-install the correct driver for your video card (display
adapter) as the one on the disk would be for "your brother's" computer and
not the one installed on your pc.

Mart


"Searcher7" wrote in message
...
Does anyone know how to change the administrator in Windows 98?

My hard drive went down and I was forced to dig out an old drive in
order to get back on the internet.

The old drive belonged to my brother, and even though no password is
needed to get to the desktop his name appears in the Administrator
field.

I would like to get rid of this box altogether rather than to have to
click cancel when it pops up, and also since I cannot change the
monitor settings which are stuck at 640 x 480, I was thinking that
perhaps I may need administrator privileges to change that. (But
correct me if I'm wrong).

The pages look terrible and I hate having to use a slide bar to read
messages.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

There is no "administrator" in Win98.
Perhaps the old drive was from a different operating system?

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.com/index.htm



On Sun, 9 Nov 2008 22:21:13 -0800 (PST), in
microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, Searcher7
wrote:

Does anyone know how to change the administrator in Windows 98?

My hard drive went down and I was forced to dig out an old drive in
order to get back on the internet.

The old drive belonged to my brother, and even though no password is
needed to get to the desktop his name appears in the Administrator
field.

I would like to get rid of this box altogether rather than to have to
click cancel when it pops up,

"Alan Edwards" wrote in message
...
There is no "administrator" in Win98.
Perhaps the old drive was from a different operating system?

...Alan



Correct.

I was thinking the OP may have just meant the log-on name.

If that was it, all you need do is backspace over it
and type in your name.

Also...as to the video.
It's as simple as IDing the card, then going to the mfgs' website
and getting the correct drivers...
then installing them.

To ID the video card, just have a look at it and find the mfg and model
number...
or use a utility such as HWINFO32

"Searcher7" wrote in message
...
| Does anyone know how to change the administrator in Windows 98?

As indicated elsewhere, there is no default administrator UNLESS *policies*
were applied OR PWS or IIS {or another such program} had been used.

Perhaps you mean the sign-on box which asks indicates a user and asks for a
password. If so that can be remedied by changing the logon from Microsoft
Networking to Windows Logon in Control Panel Network.

|
| My hard drive went down and I was forced to dig out an old drive in
| order to get back on the internet.
|
| The old drive belonged to my brother, and even though no password is
| needed to get to the desktop his name appears in the Administrator
| field.
|
| I would like to get rid of this box altogether rather than to have to
| click cancel when it pops up, and also since I cannot change the
| monitor settings which are stuck at 640 x 480, I was thinking that
| perhaps I may need administrator privileges to change that. (But
| correct me if I'm wrong).
|
| The pages look terrible and I hate having to use a slide bar to read
| messages.

As otherwise indicated, you need to uninstall the old video driver and
install the correct version for the present video card/adapter.
You will also need to run Control Panel Find New Hardware to correct the
incorrect chipset/PCI/CPU/devices installed.

Uninstall any old drivers for sound, scanners, and other that might be
found in Installed Programs and/or Device Manager. Use the uninstaller if
possible.

Make sure you have downloaded any needed drivers and manufacturer clean-up
tools before doing the uninstalls.

|
| Any help would be appreciated.
|
| Thanks.
|
| Darren Harris
| Staten Island, New York.
--
MEB
http://peoplescounsel.org
a Peoples' counsel
_ _
~~

"Searcher7" wrote in message
...
Does anyone know how to change the administrator in Windows 98?

My hard drive went down and I was forced to dig out an old drive in
order to get back on the internet.

The old drive belonged to my brother, and even though no password is
needed to get to the desktop his name appears in the Administrator
field.

I would like to get rid of this box altogether rather than to have to
click cancel when it pops up, and also since I cannot change the
monitor settings which are stuck at 640 x 480, I was thinking that
perhaps I may need administrator privileges to change that. (But
correct me if I'm wrong).

The pages look terrible and I hate having to use a slide bar to read
messages.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

If as I suspect, you mean the User Login prompt during boot,see:

*Note: If you have user profiles this will not work as stated in the article and
you will have to perform the steps in the link provided in the article for user
profiles.

How to Prevent a Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me Logon Prompt at Startup
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q152104

It has also been advised that you do not use the article Q135586, which has a
link included in the article. Its purpose is "to clear the User Name logon box
so it is blank each time you start Windows", it is not meant to prevent the
logon box from prompting you for a name/password.
Instead if you have TweakUI installed, check to make sure the "Clear Last User
At Logon" check box is not checked. Go to Start Settings Control Panel,
double click Tweak UI, click the Paranoia tab, if the box is checked, uncheck
it.

How to Change Passwords in Windows Me/98/95
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q257485
--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

On Nov 10, 2:36 am, "Mart" wrote:
Searcher7 asked :-

Does anyone know how to change the administrator in Windows 98?

Tryhttp://billsway.com/vbspage/
and look for the 'Change Registered Owner and/or Organization' VBS tool (6th
from top in 2nd set)

Ok, I downloaded and installed that, but have no idea how to get it to
work. I changed my brother's name to my name in the change owner/
organization utility, but it had no effect at all.

... also since I cannot change the
monitor settings which are stuck at 640 x 480,

Probably need to re-install the correct driver for your video card (display
adapter) as the one on the disk would be for "your brother's" computer and
not the one installed on your pc.

Easier said than done. :-(

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

On Nov 10, 2:51 am, Alan Edwards wrote:
There is no "administrator" in Win98.
Perhaps the old drive was from a different operating system?

Ok, I guess administrator was the wrong word. (I'm used to seeing that
on a Windows XP drive I also need to re-format).

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

On Nov 10, 8:42 am, "philo" wrote:
"Alan Edwards" wrote in message

...

There is no "administrator" in Win98.
Perhaps the old drive was from a different operating system?

...Alan

Correct.

I was thinking the OP may have just meant the log-on name.

If that was it, all you need do is backspace over it
and type in your name.

The name is "permanent". I cannot backspace over it. I have to click
"Cancel" to get the desktop.

Also...as to the video.
It's as simple as IDing the card, then going to the mfgs' website
and getting the correct drivers...
then installing them.

Not that simple. :-(

The monitor is a Hewlett Packard "D6433A" "M90".

After putting numbers on the card in Google search I spent a 1/2 hour
searching to no avail. I did find this site:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...cname=bph02073

And I downloaded "HP Monitorh.exe download". It installs when I click,
but I don't know where and what to do afterwards.


To ID the video card, just have a look at it and find the mfg and model
number...
or use a utility such as HWINFO32

What is "HWINFO32"? I can't find it on my system using "Find" or
"Run".

And none of the numbers from the card that I put in Google search
bring back anything useful.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

On Nov 10, 5:19 pm, "MEB" meb@not wrote:
"Searcher7" wrote in message

...
| Does anyone know how to change the administrator in Windows 98?

As indicated elsewhere, there is no default administrator UNLESS *policies*
were applied OR PWS or IIS {or another such program} had been used.

Perhaps you mean the sign-on box which asks indicates a user and asks for a
password. If so that can be remedied by changing the logon from Microsoft
Networking to Windows Logon in Control Panel Network.

It's already on "Windows Logon"...

| My hard drive went down and I was forced to dig out an old drive in
| order to get back on the internet.
|
| The old drive belonged to my brother, and even though no password is
| needed to get to the desktop his name appears in the Administrator
| field.
|
| I would like to get rid of this box altogether rather than to have to
| click cancel when it pops up, and also since I cannot change the
| monitor settings which are stuck at 640 x 480, I was thinking that
| perhaps I may need administrator privileges to change that. (But
| correct me if I'm wrong).
|
| The pages look terrible and I hate having to use a slide bar to read
| messages.

As otherwise indicated, you need to uninstall the old video driver and
install the correct version for the present video card/adapter.
You will also need to run Control Panel Find New Hardware to correct the
incorrect chipset/PCI/CPU/devices installed.

Everything in the "Add New Hardware Wizard" is not working and
thereofre I guess not a part of my system. (See below)...

!Gameport Joystick
!MPU-401 Compatible
!PCI Ethernet Controller
!PCI Firewire (IEEE 1394)
!PCI ISA Bridge
!PCI Multimedia Audio Device
!PCI Universal Serial Bus
!PCI Universal Serial Bus

Uninstall any old drivers for sound, scanners, and other that might be
found in Installed Programs and/or Device Manager. Use the uninstaller if
possible.

Make sure you have downloaded any needed drivers and manufacturer clean-up
tools before doing the uninstalls.

Is it possible to uninstall the wrong thing? I'm worried about the
display driver.

In Add/Remove Programs Properties there is an entry that says "ATI
Display Driver".

In "System Properties" "Device Manager", under "Display Adapters it
says Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA).

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.