deleted administrator account

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Somehow, my teenage daughter was using the computer under my adm. account and
deleted the account. I am unable to access many sites, including the
revisition for security settings. I have F8 on starting WP prof. into safe
mode and was able to retrieve it on that one time, but now all the accounts
have no administrative abilities. Any ideas?
Thanks, LAWS
 
problemswithadministratoraccount said:
Somehow, my teenage daughter was using the computer under my adm. account
and
deleted the account. I am unable to access many sites, including the
revisition for security settings. I have F8 on starting WP prof. into
safe mode and was able to retrieve it on that one time, but now all the
accounts
have no administrative abilities. Any ideas?
Thanks, LAWS
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As you are using XP Professional, at the Welcome screen press Ctl-Alt-Del
twice. Log in as "administrator" (without the quotes) and change your
account back to Admin. (Start-Control Panel-Users). THEN - put a password
on it. And THEN - create a LIMITED account for your daughter's use, and
DON'T tell her your admin password.
 
Gordon said:
As you are using XP Professional, at the Welcome screen press Ctl-Alt-Del
twice. Log in as "administrator" (without the quotes) and change your
account back to Admin. (Start-Control Panel-Users). THEN - put a password
on it. And THEN - create a LIMITED account for your daughter's use, and
DON'T tell her your admin password.
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Gordon said:
As you are using XP Professional, at the Welcome screen press Ctl-Alt-Del
twice. Log in as "administrator" (without the quotes) and change your
account back to Admin. (Start-Control Panel-Users). THEN - put a password
on it. And THEN - create a LIMITED account for your daughter's use, and
DON'T tell her your admin password.
Thanks for your suggestion, however, it did not work. It seems that there are 4 accounts, none of them listted just administrator and none of them with priveleges to change setting. Any other suggestions? I have purchased itunes in my music library so dont want to start xp all over. Incidentally, my computer will not let me restore to any earlier date. Thanks for any help.
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LAWS
 
Did you log in as "administrator" (That is the User name -
just "administrator" without the quotes)
 
Thanks for your help. I did login as the administrator but it would not let
me change any security settings, saying i had no authority. I tried with all
the accounts to change settings and none of them would let me. THere are 2
accounts that under user accounts, are listed as administor accounts. UGH. I
think the concrete under this second floor window is going to be the new home
for this computer?????
Thanks, LAWS
 
When I go into safe mode, I am able to get the administrator account to
appear. But I have not been able to get the adminstrator's account onto my
nonsafe mode. Any suggestions? The control/altdelete did not work. Also,
when in safe mode, i tried to go to internet option in the tools to add
trusted site but internet could not be connected when in safe mode. Thanks,
Laws
 
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