HELP - Lost User account settings

From: Neil (neil.fulcher_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: 26 Feb 2005 13:56:30 -0800

While trying to set the kids up with user accounts on my PC (running
windows XP pro) I have inadvertently messed up my main user account
(admin status).

I can see under c:\documents and settings\ my original user account

eg c:\documents and settings\username - which still has all my
original settings intact.

Next to this is a user account of the same name with a domain name
appended to it
eg c:\documents and settings\username.domain - with the basic
settings.

I dont think this second account existed before I started.

I've scoured the newsgroups today trying to find a solution, tried
numerous things while trying to learn what I might have done - but no
joy yet.

How can I reactivate my original account and recover the settings that
I see in the docs and settings folder?

Thanks

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