“I can’t find my administrator account in Windows XP” - Solution

When you install Windows XP, you will find a built-in and default administrator user account that is named as Administrator. Now when you set up another user account in Windows XP, the Administrator account becomes hidden and invisible in User Accounts or Computer Management. Often, to incur modifications in your system you need to enter as an Administrator. In order to see the Administrator account you have boot the Windows in Safe Mode.  Instead of this hassle prone idea there’s a hack to make the Administrator account visible at Windows XP Welcome screen. Let’s see how to unhide the Administrator account in Windows XP

To get the Administrator account in the Welcome Screen, you need to modify the Windows’s registry. It will be visible in the Control Panel’s User Accounts and in the local users lists in Computer Management.

Follow the steps
Step 1: Launch the Registry Editor by typing regedit in Run
Step 2: Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList in the Registry Editor

Step 3: Double-click the Administrator key in the right pane

Step 4: In case the Administrator key doesn’t exist, right-click on the above tree in the pane. Now choose New, DWORD Value, name it Administrator

Step 5: Type 1 in the Value data box

Now that you are done , you can see the Administrator account. Change its picture or assign/change a password. If you reboot, the Administrator account will be visible in the Welcome screen along with all other user accounts.