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Access to the Administrator account on XP Home without safe mode

I know that on XP pro, if you're looking at that goofy welcome screen (which I want to disable and display the classic logon instead, but nobody else likes that), you push ctrl + alt+ delete twice and it'll take you to the classic logon where you can type in administrator and log on in normal mode (not safe mode).  I tried this on XP Home and it doesn't work, is there a similar feature on home?

thanks,
Jonathan

and sorry for the low point value, I don't have many left
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http://www.theeldergeek.com/welcome_screen_logon_versus_classic_logon.htm


[Start] [Run] [Regedit]
Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\ CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Data Type: REG_DWORD [Dword Value] / Value Name: LogonType
Value Data: [0 - Classic Mode / 1 - Welcome Screen]
Modify/Create the Value Name [LogonType] according to the Value Data listed above.
Exit Registry and Reboot

Note You will loose the fast user switching
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