Cant Access the Administrator folder on WinXP

message from breezybaja on 10 Jun 2004
I added a new user and in order to restrict what it could and could not
do, it said that I needed to create another administrator account. so
I did... Now the original administrator account is not there, (did not
delete it) I did find the folder and it said that the access was
denied. how do I restore this user. This has all of my documents on
in it. thanks
 
Gordon replied to breezybaja on 10 Jun 2004
The built-in Administrator Account log-in is automatically hidden when you
create a second account with Admin rights.
To access it, (and please note that you should NOT use the built-in
Administrator account for day-to-day use), in Home Edition boot into Safe
Mode. In Pro, at the Welcome Screen, press Ctl-Alt-Del twice, when a W2K
style log-in box will appear. Type in "Administrator" (without the quotes)
in the Username. In either case, leave the password field blank unless you
know otherwise.

HTH
 

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