Administration Dissapeared

[JayR82]

I couldnt find this by searching. I created a new account in Windows XP for a child, after the computer restarted the Administration was gone and the account I created was now the administrator.

All the files are gone and I am clueless on where they went and how to get them back if possible. If anyone can give me an idea I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.

[email protected]

E-Mail address removed.

[Broni]

Remove your email address from your post to avoid tons of junk mail in your account!!!

[TonyRichens]

Ok well if you've made a new account for a child that account by default will get admin rights ..... you have to disable that feature and limit the childs account .... once done ...make yourself a new account under administrator..... 


Tony

and yes , if you do tend to return ..... don't post your email on a public forum ..... we are very nice people here but who knows whos lurking in the members area .

If you get stuck i will go through creating accounts on xp or pro step by step , just post a reply so i know this isn't a dead topic .

[Deerpark]

The account that disappeared... was that the default Administrator account? I.e. was it called Administrator?

Because XP hides this default account if another account with admin privileges is created.

[JayR82]

Yes, sorry about the email, I appreciate you taking it off... I tried to make the new account limited but you can't even click on that radio button...

[patio]

You may need to log into safemode to make the changes...if these are the only 2 accounts on the machine after removing admin rights from the kid account upon re-boot the Admin account may re-appear.
This is normal.