Jim Thompson snipped-for-privacy@My-Web-Site.com posted to sci.electronics.design:
The only thing possible in WinXP is to login, hand the laptop to the recipient and tell them to change the password to their own. The "Administrator" account is permanent, non-removable, and special (it has more rights than any other administrator account).
In message , Jim Thompson writes
Create another account with administrator privileges, log in using that account and delete your account. I assume you don't actually mean the Administrator account but another account with administrator privileges.
Yep. I figured it out ;-)
...Jim Thompson
In message , Jim Thompson writes
Hey, Jim does software too...
With difficulty. My oldest son usually sets up my PC's.
...Jim Thompson
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