User Account Screw Up

[rap2792]

My original administrator XP user account was named " administrator" for the
last two plus years. I figured it was time to change it to another name. I
thought I selected change user account name and changed the user name to
something dfferent than "administrator".

Now all my settings are gone and I have no idea where to locate all my
folders and files???

Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

My original administrator XP user account was named "
administrator" for the last two plus years. I figured it was time
to change it to another name. I thought I selected change user
account name and changed the user name to something dfferent than
"administrator".

Now all my settings are gone and I have no idea where to locate all
my folders and files???

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Did you actually 'change' the built-in user (administrator) name or did you
create a new administrative level account?

Look here: C:\Documents and Settings\

What folders do you see there?

 

[rap2792]

I am assuming I created a new admin account for I the original is no longer
listed. I was able to find most of the document files but I am having no luck
locating the original Outlook pst file.

I have a back up using Onecare but it is a month old and it does not provide
a pst file, just individual files for each email.

Any additional advice greatly appreiciated.

 

[Milt]

Since I'm not sure how you looked for the outlook.pst file, let me ask what
may seem like a dump question. Have you tried Start/Search/Folders and
Files/All folders and files and then typing in *.pst?

Milt