computer administrator

[Larry]

My daughter added herself as a limited user to my
computer,while doing so she wiped out my administrator
account.Now their is no administrator account on this. I
have extremly important files I can no longer access. How
can I get it back without loosing all my info.
your help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[Guest]

Do you mean you cannot log on as admin anymore due to the fact that it does not show up anymore on the welcome screen? If so, press crtl+alt+del twice to bring up a logon prompt. Type in Administrator as the username and whatever password you have set on it
If this fails, boot to safe mode. (press f8 during startup and choose safe mode).

 

[mario]

you can not delete the administrator account but you can
change the name or password your files are there they are
probably in the C:\Documents and
Settings\Administrator\My Documents directory. do you
remember what the name of your admin account if you do
then change the path C:\Documents and Settings\"your old
account name "\My Documents

 

[NobodyMan]

My daughter added herself as a limited user to my
computer,while doing so she wiped out my administrator
account.Now their is no administrator account on this. I
have extremly important files I can no longer access. How
can I get it back without loosing all my info.
your help will be greatly appreciated.

You can keep your information from being "loose" if you tighten it
down.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

The built-in Administrator account really isn't intended to be
used for day-to-day normal use. The standard security practice is to
set a strong password on it and use it only to create another account
for regular use, reserving the Administrator account as a "back door"
in case something corrupts your regular account(s).

As you've learned, once any additional user accounts have been
created, the Administrator account will no longer be displayed on the
Welcome Screen. This is a default security feature. By design, the
only way to log into the Administrator account of WinXP Home is to
reboot into Safe Mode. For WinXP Pro, pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL twice at
the Welcome Screen will produce the standard login dialog box.

You wisest course of action would be to create another user
account for your daily use, and copy desired the files and settings
from the Administrator account to this newly created user profile.

How to Copy User Data to a New User Profile
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811151


Bruce Chambers
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