Windows XP - Accidently Changed the Administrator

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Helen

I was set up as the administrator and today I went to add
a user and I've done something wrong and now I am no
longer the administrator and can't access my system
(files etc) - how do I undo this change?

Thanks in advance for help
Helen
 
Helen, If you can get to the Classic Control Panel then Select User
Accounts. From there you can change or setup a new account.
 
Helen said:
I was set up as the administrator and today I went to add
a user and I've done something wrong and now I am no
longer the administrator and can't access my system
(files etc) - how do I undo this change?
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This is where the reserve, emergency account called Administrator comes
in. Boot, hitting F8 as BIOS info goes to black; take Safe Mode, There
will then be an icon for Administrator on the Welcome screen. (If not,
hit CTL-ALT-DEL twice and enter the explicit name
Administrator
and leave the password blank)

In that, Start - Run the line
control userpasswords2
where you can select any account name and Reset Password
 
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