Help: Changing Windows 98 Administrator

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

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
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On Sun, 9 Nov 2008 22:21:13 -0800 (PST), in
microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, Searcher7
<Searcher7.TakeThisOut@mail.con2.com> 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" <edwards RemoveThis @southcom.com.au> wrote in message
news:gtpfh4plpgo7v2f7ffv8bi238cjbd860co@4ax.com...
> 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" <Searcher7 RemoveThis @mail.con2.com> wrote in message
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> 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.aspx?scid=kb;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.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q257485
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Conflicts start where information lacks.
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On Nov 10, 2:36 am, "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> 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 <edwa....RemoveThis@southcom.com.au> 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" <ph... RemoveThis @privacy.net> wrote:
> "Alan Edwards" <edwa... RemoveThis @southcom.com.au> wrote in message
>
> news:gtpfh4plpgo7v2f7ffv8bi238cjbd860co@4ax.com...
>
> > 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/document?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&docname=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.