Computer Administrator and Users

[Ed]

Hi Friends,

I just did an incredibly stupid thing. My computer was
set-up for me and I was the administrator. I just moved
the computer to my home and wanted to set-up my son as a
user. When I did this the only box to check was
administrator for him. After I made the change and re-
booted my system, my administrator user for me was gone.
In the process, I can't access any of my data files and
other various settings. If anyone can tell me how to fix
this, it would be most appreciated.

Best regards,

Ed

 

[dearingj]

Can you log on using your son's account? Was your account
*the* administrator account (meaning that the name
actually was Administrator) or was it *an* administrator
account (meaning that the name was not Administrator)?

If your account was *the* administrator account then you
maybe able to access it by pressing control+alt+delete at
the login screen (this takes you to a screen where you
can actually type in an account name instead of choosing
from a list).