My administrator account dissappeared! All my daughter did was add 3 new accounts!  I have windows XP.  Can anyone help?
How can I find my administrator account on my windows xp? My daughter added 3 names to my account and insists she didn't delete mine... but I cannot get on my accounts. My account is not there when I turn on my computer anymore. Only my daughters 3 names are. Been looking for it for 2 hours. Can't check my email or nothing. Can anyone help?1 person needs an answerI do too
July 6th, 2010 5:47am

Do you mean the account named Administrator or an account you created with administrative privileges?If the former, read on.It's considered unwise to use the built-in Administrator account for regular use because if it becomes corrupted and you don't have another account with administrator privileges, you may have difficulty in fixing things.For this reason, Windows XP hides the built-in Administrator account from the Welcome screen as soon as another account with administrator privileges is created. Does one or more of the accounts your daughter created have administrator privileges?Regardless, you can still get to the built-in Administrator account. How you do it depends on whether you have Home or Pro. In XP Home, you can only get to the the built-in Administrator account from Safe Mode. Reboot and repeatedly tap the F8 key before the Windows start screen appears.In XP Pro, with all users logged off and the Welcome screen showing, press CTRL-ALT-DEL twice and the old login window should appear. Choose Administrator from the drop-down box and enter the correct password (or leave password blank if you didn't set one up).Once you get back into the built-in Administrator account, you should really consider creating another account with administrative privileges that you can use when you need to, and leave the built-in account for emergencies.
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July 6th, 2010 7:00am

It may also be that the Administrator account has become deactivated.If so, as another user with Admin rights, Run "net user Administrator /active:yes" at a commandprompt to fix this.
July 6th, 2010 2:23pm

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