What is an admin account? What do I do to find it?

Answer 1

This depends on which operating system or device you are looking for the "admin" user. For the most obvious system (MS Windows - NT/2000/XP), you can bring up the Computer Management (Start->Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Computer Management) and navigate to the Local Users and Groups entry then the Groups sub-entry. You'll see an entry for "Administrators" that will contain all the accounts with administrative rights on the system. Generally the admin account is called Administrator (notice that the "s" is not included while the group does include it...more than one account can have administrative rights). Note: MS Windows 9x (95/98/ME) do not really have a fully functioning security model for accounts (some will argue that even the newer MS releases don't have a fully functioning security model too) so if you are running one of these, you may be able to use a regular user account to do most administrative functions.

If you are looking at UNIX or Linux based systems, the admin account will generally be called "root".

If you are looking for an admin account into a device (i.e. router, printer, etc...), this may be more difficult to locate. If you don't have the information, you may be best off following the instructions for your device and resetting to a factory default setting and then documenting your new setup for future reference.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

What OS?

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XP Home Administrator account can only be logged into in Safe Mode. XP Pro Administrator account is somewhat hidden by the logon screen, to enable it just do a double to bring up the three bar login. Vista Administrator account is even more hidden and the design is for you not to use it at all. Linux the Administrator account is called Root.

So lots of answers depending on your OS.

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