When I installed WXP, SP2, I initially gave my full name in setting up my
account, but then changed my account type from "Administrator" to "Power
User" and shortened the account name to my nickname. I then created another
"Power User" account for the other user on the PC, initially giving his full
name as well but then shortening it to his nickname. I then renamed the
"PCname/Administrator" account to disguise it. I created passwords for all
three of the accounts. Everything worked fine, except that the directory
structure under "Documents and Settings" for all accounts EXCEPT MY INITIAL
ONE showed the correct new name. My own account persisted in showing my full
name, which seemd to revealing to me. I tried a number of times to change
the name without success: twice "denied access" and once seemed to take the
change, but then reverted to the original full name with reboot. Finally,
just recently, the system allowed me to rename the relevant folders, the
change persisted, but, as I should have known, the original profile is now
inaccessible.

When I try to log on as myself, the system creates a new "Documents and
Settings" user directory with the name "me(current account name)/PCname", but
without ANY OF MY CONFIGURATIONS, even trying to set up Outlook, etc. from
scratch. The old (full name) folder structure remains. I tried, under
"Computer Management" "Local Users and Groups" "Users" "My account"
right click, "Properties" "Profile" to set the home folder to the old
(original) one, but it doesn't seem to help. i also changed all of the name
revisions in the original subdirectory back to their original format, again
without success.

Can someone please tell me how to rescue all 256 MB of my user data? PLEASE!!