Cannot Change Administrator Password

After you log on as an administrator to a computer that is not a member of a domain, when you double-click User Accounts in Control Panel to change the password for the built-in Administrator account, the Administrator account may not appear in the list of user accounts. Consequently, you cannot change its password.

This behavior can occur because the Administrator account logon option appears only in Safe mode if more than one account is created on the system. The Administrator account is available in Normal mode only if there are no other accounts on the system. To work around this behavior:

• If you are running Windows XP Home Edition, restart the computer and then use a power user account to log on to the

computer in Safe mode.

• If you are running Windows XP Professional, reset the password in the Local Users and Groups snap-in in Microsoft

Management Console (MMC):

1. Click Start, and then click Run.

2. In the Open box, type “mmc” (without the quotation marks), and then click OK to start MMC.

3. Start the Local Users and Groups snap-in.

4. Under Console Root, expand “Local Users and Groups”, and then click Users.

5. In the right pane, right-click Administrator, and then click Set Password.

6. Click Proceed in the message box that appears.

7. Type and confirm the new password in the appropriate boxes, and then click OK.

 

Sharing The Internet Connection

If you are connecting two or more of your computers with each other over the network, then it is easily for you to share the Internet connection with the systems. In sharing the Internet connection among networked computers, you will need to have the connection on at least one computer. Microsoft Windows will support the Internet Sharing by default; therefore you will not need any tool in performing this task. To help you more, here is information for you. By reading some easy tips below, you can get what you really need. Pay more attention on it.

Log on to the Windows on a host computer as the Administrator or as the Owner. Host is a computer that already has an Internet connection. After that, click the “Start” menu, and then click the “Control Panel.”

For the second step, click the “Network and Internet Connections” and after that, click “Network Connections.” Then, you can right-click on the connection that you will use in connecting to the Internet and also click the “Properties.”

For the next step, go to the “Advanced” tab and then select the “Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s Internet connection” you need to checkbox under “Internet Connection Sharing.” If you are trying to share the dial-up connection, you need to select the “Establish a dial-up connection whenever a computer on my network attempts to access the Internet” checkbox. After that, click “OK,” and then “Yes.”

On the Client Computer

The first thing that you have to do is that your need to connect the host computer with the client by using the network cable. A computer that does not have the connection is a client. After that, log on to Windows on a client computer as an Administrator or even the Owner.

You should click the “Start” menu, and then click the “Control Panel.” Click the “Network and Internet Connections” and then click the “Network Connections.” You need to right-click on the “Local Area Connection,” and then click the “Properties.”

You should go to the “General” tab, the click “Internet Protocol,” and after that click the “Properties.”

Click the “Obtain an IP address automatically” in the Properties dialog box and then click the “OK” button.

You should also click the “OK” button in the Local Area Connection Properties dialog box. The connection of Internet will be shared between the host and also the client computer.

 

Connecting The New Computer To My Server

The server is the computer that will handle the requests for applications, data and also other network services from the other computers that are called as the clients. A relationship between the personal computer and also the server is frequently referred to as the client-server. The advantage of having the server is that the multiple computers may access the similar network and also resources trough the server. You can configure your network settings of the new computer in order to connect to the server. Here is more information for you.

For the first step, you need to configure your security settings of a router by defining your security protocols as good as the IP addresses that you will use by your network. After that, access a graphical-user interface of the router in order to configure your network settings trough the URL supplied in the user manual of the router.

For the second step, you can connect the Ethernet cable to your WAN port of your router and also the other end to a server. The indicator light on your router may illuminate in indicating that the server will be detected.

For the next step, click the “Start” from a system tray that is located at the bottom of a screen on your server. After that, click “My Computer” from an application and also settings menu.

After that, define the resources that will be accessible by the new computer. After that, right click your hard drive and then choose “Sharing and Security” option. Check the “Share this folder” from your network options therefore the computer may access a content of a hard drive on your server.

It is important for you to click the “Start” from a system tray that is located at the bottom of the screen. Click the “Control Panel” from an application and also settings menu. After that, click “Performance and Maintenance” option. Then, click the “System” and click “Computer Name” tab. After that, enter the computer name in order to identify your network.

Click the “Network Connections” from a Control Panel window. After that, right click “Local Area Connection” and also click the “Properties.” Then, enter all IP address for the internal network. The address of the server normally ends in the number one and also looks similar to 192.123.1.1.

You need to connect the Ethernet cable in order to open the WAN port of your router and also the other end to the computer. The indicator light on your router may illuminate in indicating your server is detected.

After that, click the “Start” from your system tray that is located at the bottom of the screen. Click the “Control Panel” from an application and also settings menu. Then, click “Performance and Maintenance” option. Click the “System” and also click “Computer Name” tab. After that, enter your computer name that has applied to the server in previous step.

For the last step, you should restart a server, a router and also the computer. The connection can be activated between the computer and the server