deleted admininstrator

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deleted administrator by accident now all of that persons files are gone.. most important are the word files

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Since it's _not_ possible to delete the built-in Administrator
account (although it can be renamed as a security precaution), I'm
going to go out on a limb and presume that you've created another user
account and now can no longer see the Administrator account.

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 see, 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).

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 Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279783

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

If it was a user account other than "Administrator" that was
deleted, however, any files contained in that profiles folders are
pretty much unrecoverable, unless you want to send the hard drive to a
data recovery service and spend thousands of dollars. This Win2K KB
Article also applies to WinXP, although WinXP does give you one
opportunity to save the data files:

Deleting a User Profile Removes the My Documents Folder and Its
Contents
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;264735



Bruce Chambers

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[roger]

Hi Lori,

deleted administrator by accident now all of that persons files are gone.. most important are the word files

Those files are gone. You need a third-party utility to recover them,
the sooner, the better, before they are overwritten by new files.

http://www.webattack.com/get/restoration.html
this is free

Good luck