User Account Screw Up

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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.
 
rap2792 said:
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.
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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?
 
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.
 
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
 
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