Change Default Administrator Ownership (Windows XP)

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Change Default Administrator Ownership (Windows XP)
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Windows XP may assign the ownership of some file system objects to the Administrator account, instead of the Administrators group. This behaviour may not be desirable where there are multiple administrative users.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'NoDefaultAdminOwner' using the settings below.

Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.


		NoDefaultAdminOwner	REG_DWORD	0x00000000 (0)


	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa

Settings:

System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa]
Name: NoDefaultAdminOwner
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: (0 = disabled, 1 = default)

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: August 1, 2002

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