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Boris
December 14th 03, 10:44 AM
>-----Original Message-----
>Hello, I recently added an account to my system so a
>friend could use it while I was gone for a few hours. I
>named it "David" in the user accounts. I then had the
>following: Administrator (Administrative Account), David
>(Administrative Account) and Guest (Limited Account). I
>did this so they could use the system and not have
access
>to my account seeing it was password protected. The new
>account (David) was not password protected. Everything
>was working just as I wanted until I got home and
>rebooted the machine. The MAIN Administrative account
>(Administrator) is no longer there. I thought if I went
>ahead and deleted the NEW Administrative account (David)
>it might re-appear. The problem is it won't give me the
>option to delete the newly created account. Nor can I
>access any of my files under windows explorer with the
>NEW account. This is creating quite an issue as I can't
>get to ANY of my data until I can log in under the
>original account "Administrator". Please help!!!
>.

I just want to say that there has to be atleast one
Administrative account. I don't know why your account got
deleted. That is all I know

Jupiter Jones [MVP]
December 14th 03, 10:45 AM
Boris;
It is merely hidden, not deleted.

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"Boris" > wrote in message
...
> I just want to say that there has to be atleast one
> Administrative account. I don't know why your account got
> deleted. That is all I know

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