Xp Pro, can't get my user id back

[bob]

yesterday i created another user for the computer. I
could switch back and forth. When i shut the computer
down last nite. I had a window that said if i shut down
user will lose unsaved data. I clicked continue. Today i
started up computer but have only the user i created but
my user name is gone. I cannot switch users because the
only one that is there is the one i created. I had alot
pics and stuff under my user id. I have tried to restore
the computer but that did not work. How do i go back to
getting my user id back. I hate this whole creating users
thing. Please help me get my computer back to normal.
..

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Once a user is deleted, you cannot get that user back. All you can do is
sign on as administrator, create a new user account and copy over the files
from the old one *if* they were not deleted. Check under C:\Documents and
Settings to see if there are any remnants of the deleted account. This
article may be helpful if you are denied access to them:

HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP [Q308421]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"bob" > wrote in message
...
> yesterday i created another user for the computer. I
> could switch back and forth. When i shut the computer
> down last nite. I had a window that said if i shut down
> user will lose unsaved data. I clicked continue. Today i
> started up computer but have only the user i created but
> my user name is gone. I cannot switch users because the
> only one that is there is the one i created. I had alot
> pics and stuff under my user id. I have tried to restore
> the computer but that did not work. How do i go back to
> getting my user id back. I hate this whole creating users
> thing. Please help me get my computer back to normal.
> .
>
>

[bob]

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>Once a user is deleted, you cannot get that user back.
All you can do is
>sign on as administrator, create a new user account and
copy over the files
>from the old one *if* they were not deleted. Check under
C:\Documents and
>Settings to see if there are any remnants of the deleted
account. This
>article may be helpful if you are denied access to them:
>
>HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
[Q308421]
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421
>
>--
>Best of Luck,
>
>Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
>www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>
>"bob" > wrote in message
...
>> yesterday i created another user for the computer. I
>> could switch back and forth. When i shut the computer
>> down last nite. I had a window that said if i shut down
>> user will lose unsaved data. I clicked continue. Today i
>> started up computer but have only the user i created but
>> my user name is gone. I cannot switch users because the
>> only one that is there is the one i created. I had alot
>> pics and stuff under my user id. I have tried to restore
>> the computer but that did not work. How do i go back to
>> getting my user id back. I hate this whole creating
users
>> thing. Please help me get my computer back to normal.
>> .
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>I did not delete anything. All i did was create an
account.

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Bob,

Log in as admin, look where I specified - do you see the files from the lost
account?

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"bob" > wrote in message
...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi,
> >
> >Once a user is deleted, you cannot get that user back.
> All you can do is
> >sign on as administrator, create a new user account and
> copy over the files
> >from the old one *if* they were not deleted. Check under
> C:\Documents and
> >Settings to see if there are any remnants of the deleted
> account. This
> >article may be helpful if you are denied access to them:
> >
> >HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
> [Q308421]
> >http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421
> >
> >--
> >Best of Luck,
> >
> >Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
> >http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> >www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
> >
> >"bob" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> yesterday i created another user for the computer. I
> >> could switch back and forth. When i shut the computer
> >> down last nite. I had a window that said if i shut down
> >> user will lose unsaved data. I clicked continue. Today i
> >> started up computer but have only the user i created but
> >> my user name is gone. I cannot switch users because the
> >> only one that is there is the one i created. I had alot
> >> pics and stuff under my user id. I have tried to restore
> >> the computer but that did not work. How do i go back to
> >> getting my user id back. I hate this whole creating
> users
> >> thing. Please help me get my computer back to normal.
> >> .
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >I did not delete anything. All i did was create an
> account.