Can't sign in as my user name

G

Guest

I am running XP Media Center on my home computer w/ two users - myself and my
wife, both w/ administrator capabilities. I am unable to sign in as myself. I
logged in as my wife, but I can't access any of my documents and things
stored under my user name.

Is there a way to recover this stuff? I have tons of things in my documents
and settings folder that I don't want to lose.

Thanks
 
R

Ronnie Vernon MVP

You didn't mention what happens when you try to log in to ypur account?

If your account is hosed, you can log in with your wife's account and then take ownership of your existing user files. See the following article for the step by step procedure.

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421
 

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