Default User accounts or Built-in accounts are accounts that are created at the time you install theWindows 7 operating system. Windows 7, when installed into a workgroupenvironment, has four user accounts.
Some of the characteristics of the Administrator account include:
- It is not visible on the logon screen
- It has a blank password by default
- It cannot be deleted
- It cannot be locked out due to incorrect logon attempts
- It cannot be removed from the local administrators group
- It can be disabled
- It can be renamed
The Administrator account is disabled by default in Windows 7. The password for the Administrator account is blank by default.
To protect the Administrator account from misuse, it is disabled by default in Windows 7. However, the Administrator account is automatically enabled when you enter Safe Mode so that you canuse it for troubleshooting. Safe Mode is a boot option you can use when troubleshooting Windows.
The Administrator account cannot be deleted or locked out after too many incorrect logon attempts.
Read how to access the Administrator account in Windows 7 at:
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows7/ht/windows-7-administrator-password.htm.
Some of the characteristics of the Guest account include:
- It cannot be deleted
- It cannot be locked out
- It is disabled by default
- It has a blank password by default
- It can be renamed
- It is a member of the Guests group by default
- It is a member of the Everyone group
The Guest account is disabled by default.
Some of the differences between the Administrator account and the initial user account include:
- The initial account is visible on the logon screen
- The initial account does not have a blank password by default
- The initial account can be deleted
- The initial account can be locked out due to incorrect logon attempts
- The initial account can be removed from the Administrators group
Despite having the same privileges as the Administrator account, the initial account is treatedvery differently by Windows 7, which does not protect the initial account in the way that theAdministrator account is protected. As a consequence, the initial account is visible on the logonscreen, has a password that is conf gured during installation, can be deleted, can be locked out,and can be removed from the Administrators group. Removing the initial account from the Ad-ministrators group reduces the privileges normally assigned to the initial account.
