resetting administration permissions after deleting user

hi, i seem to have a problem with administration permissions after having to
delete my original administrator profile due to a problem. I now use my
secondary administrator profile, but it wont allow me to use certain
applications as i dont have the appropriate permissions, is this something to
do with deleting the admin account that installed windows? im using xp home
on a sony vaio. and yes my account is an admin account according to control
panel, and i know i should upgrade!
thanks

Boot to safe mode and use the default Administrator account to define
permissions for your new account.

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Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User)
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://pelos.us/SERVER.htm
"mjw" <mjw@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> hi, i seem to have a problem with administration permissions after having
> to
> delete my original administrator profile due to a problem. I now use my
> secondary administrator profile, but it wont allow me to use certain
> applications as i dont have the appropriate permissions, is this something
> to
> do with deleting the admin account that installed windows? im using xp
> home
> on a sony vaio. and yes my account is an admin account according to
> control
> panel, and i know i should upgrade!
> thanks