Kcpirana

Suddenly the Owner Account is gone and I'm being told I don't have
permissions (?) to get to the Control Panel, etc. I'm scared to log off!

Kristy
"Kcpirana" <kcpirana@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Guest & Owner are the only two accounts listed. In addition, the box for
> requiring user name and password is checked, but I don't enter a password.
> I don't think I even set one up.
>
> Kristy
>
> "jimmuh" <jimmuh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C4668D47-4B6C-4451-8DB7-F8C4FBA8F4A3@microsoft.com...
>> I'm thinking you may not be in as much of a predicament as you think you
>> are.
>>
>> We need a little information. Go to Start | Run. type "control
>> userpasswords2" in the Open field, and hit the Enter key. Make a list of
>> the
>> accounts that are listed there, and come back to tell us what they are.
>>
>> i'm thinking that your "renamed" Administrator account is really a
>> different
>> administrative account that you gave a name to when it was automatically
>> created for you. And your original built-in Administrator account is
>> probably
>> okay. It isn't active by default, so you would have had to do something
>> to
>> activate it deliberately to be able to be logging on to it as your
>> regular
>> user account. It couldn't have happened by accident. Well, not likely,
>> anyway.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Kcpirana" wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not sure if I've really messed something up or not. When I was
>>> setting
>>> up my computer, I forgot to set up a new account for myself and I've
>>> completely customized, installed to, and am using the Administrator
>>> account
>>> as my primary account. Is there anyway to duplicate this account (so I
>>> don't have to start from scratch) and then how would I restore this one
>>> to
>>> the use for which it was intended? Or can I create a new administrator
>>> account? I tried to do that, but it wouldn't let me name an account
>>> "Administrator" as it was already in use. When I logged off and back
>>> on,
>>> however, it only showed the account that I renamed with my name.
>>>
>>> Kristy
>>>
>>>
>