Administrator Account Gone with all my Stuff!

From: Juan (juanb_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/08/03 

Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 11:16:17 -0700

You need to go into control panel, user accounts, change
the way users log on or off, then uncheck the boxes.
Then log off current user, then type "Administrator" as
username, then put in the administrator password that you
set up and you should be in

>-----Original Message-----
>After using XP for a few months, I decided to create a
>couple of new users. After adding an additional
>administrator, my original Administrator "disappeared"
>and now the only accounts I have left can't access
>anything I've been using for months!! My entire
>Microsoft Office is not part of the new user program
>groups! It's terrible!
>
>I tried to rename one of my new accounts "Administrator"
>but is says it already exists although I can't get to it!
>
>How can I get Administrator with all my programs and
>files back? Please help!
>.
>

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