Hi,

By default, once you create a regular user account with admin level
privileges, the system account will disappear. It's not really gone, it's
just not visible. To access the default administrator account:

In WinXP Pro, hit ctrl+alt+delete twice at the logon screen and type it in.

In WinXP Home, you must restart and enter Safe mode by hitting F8 at
startup. The administrator logon will be one of the options.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"akarana" wrote in message
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I was trying to make a new user and somehow the default administrator
user is gone. That's the one that I always use and now it won't let me
access it. I can see the desktop file is still there but I can't log on
as the adminstrator. It doesn't show up
in the users section but if you try to make a new user with that name
is says it already exists. Thanks for any help


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akarana