Administrative Account Gone

[David]

Hello, I recently added an account to my system so a
friend could use it while I was gone for a few hours. I
named it "David" in the user accounts. I then had the
following: Administrator (Administrative Account), David
(Administrative Account) and Guest (Limited Account). I
did this so they could use the system and not have access
to my account seeing it was password protected. The new
account (David) was not password protected. Everything
was working just as I wanted until I got home and
rebooted the machine. The MAIN Administrative account
(Administrator) is no longer there. I thought if I went
ahead and deleted the NEW Administrative account (David)
it might re-appear. The problem is it won't give me the
option to delete the newly created account. Nor can I
access any of my files under windows explorer with the
NEW account. This is creating quite an issue as I can't
get to ANY of my data until I can log in under the
original account "Administrator". Please help!!!

 

[Tony Gale]

Try System Restore which you will find in Accessories
under System Tools and take your machine back in time...

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

David;
The Administrator account is normally hidden once another account is
created.
If you have Windows XP Pro, you could use Tweak UI to show
Administrator at the login screen:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

You could also create a new account and copy data over:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811151

You may have to Take Ownership:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

 

[Boris]

-----Original Message-----
Hello, I recently added an account to my system so a
friend could use it while I was gone for a few hours. I
named it "David" in the user accounts. I then had the
following: Administrator (Administrative Account), David
(Administrative Account) and Guest (Limited Account). I
did this so they could use the system and not have access
to my account seeing it was password protected. The new
account (David) was not password protected. Everything
was working just as I wanted until I got home and
rebooted the machine. The MAIN Administrative account
(Administrator) is no longer there. I thought if I went
ahead and deleted the NEW Administrative account (David)
it might re-appear. The problem is it won't give me the
option to delete the newly created account. Nor can I
access any of my files under windows explorer with the
NEW account. This is creating quite an issue as I can't
get to ANY of my data until I can log in under the
original account "Administrator". Please help!!!
.

I just want to say that there has to be atleast one
Administrative account. I don't know why your account got
deleted. That is all I know

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Boris;
It is merely hidden, not deleted.