I disabled my own administrator account. What an I do now?

From: TINA (OHHFOXYROXY@MSN.COM)
Date: 05/26/02 

From: "TINA" <OHHFOXYROXY@MSN.COM>
Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 22:10:02 -0700

>-----Original Message-----
>I'm new to xp and was messing around with the user
>accounts...setting it so I wouldn't have to change
>passwords and stuff like that, but I accidentally
>disabled my own administrator account. I now have no
>administrator account, so I can't even install my new
>Virus scan. Is there a way to fix this problem so I can
>logon as an administrator again. Please help, I've been
>stuck on this problem for the last few days.
>.
>

OH MY GOSH I DID THE SAME THING. I ONLY HAVE A LIMITED
ACCOUNT ON MY COMPUTER. PLEASE SAY THERE IS HELP.

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