XP...Owner/Administrator accessibility

I read a message where someone said they added users, and
now they could not locate/access their
owner/administrator account.

I then saw an answer that they would find the
owner/administrator account only in SAFE MODE.

I have the identical problem, and have located my
owner/administrator account in SAFE MODE. There it sits
with the other "administrator" account I had created.
Unfortunately, while in safe mode, I am trying
to "DELETE" the 2nd account I created, and am told I need
to create another "administrator" account to do
so....yet, my OWNER account is an administrator account,
and XP does not see it and thus, doesn't allow me to
delete the other user I created.

HOW can I delete the other user I created successfully,
so that my OWNER/ADMINISTRATOR account is the only one
remaining, meaning that I will then be able to access it
outside of SAFE mode?

Please reply here and/or to my email address if you can
help. Thanks in advance.

Barb, I had the same problem and I found someone on yahoo that helped me. Try
this and see if it works.
right click on my computer>go to manage>click on users and groups>go to
users>double click on the account you want to delete>click on member of
tab>highlight administrator and remove it. You should be able to go to manage
the account and delete it now. Hope this helps!!


"Barb" wrote:

> I read a message where someone said they added users, and
> now they could not locate/access their
> owner/administrator account.
>
> I then saw an answer that they would find the
> owner/administrator account only in SAFE MODE.
>
> I have the identical problem, and have located my
> owner/administrator account in SAFE MODE. There it sits
> with the other "administrator" account I had created.
> Unfortunately, while in safe mode, I am trying
> to "DELETE" the 2nd account I created, and am told I need
> to create another "administrator" account to do
> so....yet, my OWNER account is an administrator account,
> and XP does not see it and thus, doesn't allow me to
> delete the other user I created.
>
> HOW can I delete the other user I created successfully,
> so that my OWNER/ADMINISTRATOR account is the only one
> remaining, meaning that I will then be able to access it
> outside of SAFE mode?
>
> Please reply here and/or to my email address if you can
> help. Thanks in advance.
>
>

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! I am so excited to FINALLY get
my stuff back the way I want! I thought I was going to
have to start all over deleting and re-installing from a
backup.

>-----Original Message-----
>Barb, I had the same problem and I found someone on
yahoo that helped me. Try
>this and see if it works.
>right click on my computer>go to manage>click on users
and groups>go to
>users>double click on the account you want to
delete>click on member of
>tab>highlight administrator and remove it. You should be
able to go to manage
>the account and delete it now. Hope this helps!!
>
>
>"Barb" wrote:
>
>> I read a message where someone said they added users,
and
>> now they could not locate/access their
>> owner/administrator account.
>>
>> I then saw an answer that they would find the
>> owner/administrator account only in SAFE MODE.
>>
>> I have the identical problem, and have located my
>> owner/administrator account in SAFE MODE. There it
sits
>> with the other "administrator" account I had created.
>> Unfortunately, while in safe mode, I am trying
>> to "DELETE" the 2nd account I created, and am told I
need
>> to create another "administrator" account to do
>> so....yet, my OWNER account is an administrator
account,
>> and XP does not see it and thus, doesn't allow me to
>> delete the other user I created.
>>
>> HOW can I delete the other user I created
successfully,
>> so that my OWNER/ADMINISTRATOR account is the only one
>> remaining, meaning that I will then be able to access
it
>> outside of SAFE mode?
>>
>> Please reply here and/or to my email address if you
can
>> help. Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>.
>