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Equipment description:
Dell Dimension 8200
Windows XP Home Edition SP2
Non-Networked just connected to DSL Internet connection.
My sister-in -law's husband just recently passed away, he was the one who
looked after all the settings and installs on their computer. My
brother-in-law must have changed the name of the administrator account
because we can't log on as it and administrator does not show up in the
documents and settings folder. She tried to change the name of the user
account from his to hers by using the "change user name" feature. This
worked in so much as it changed the name on the log on screen but nothing
else, when you look for it in users in control panel only his name, another
user(which I assume is the administrator), and guest appear. It did however
create another folder in her Documents and settings folder with the new name,
the original user name's folder remained. There is another folder there
which I assume to be the administrator account, but when I click on it I get
an error message stating that access is denied. The problem is that when she
utilizes certain applications(MS Outlook, Word etc) it automatically places
the original user name into things which frustrates her to no end. Also,
other applications give her error messages stating that they can't find the
proper folder to store stuff in (My Docs). Basically I want to start fresh
with regards to the user accounts but not have to wipe out her hard drive and
reload everything! Is there a simple way of doing this? I realize that
there are SID's invloved but there must be a way!!! I have tried a few
things I know how to do with XP Pro, but alas the two versions are just not
the same in this respect! How do I reset the main admin account? I even
tried setting up a new user with admin privileges but I still can't access
the two folders in documents and settings that have admin rights with out
getting the access denied error. Looking at some of the help questions on
microsoft's website I was led to believe that I could rename these folders
in this manner or delete them.
Help!!!!!
Equipment description:
Dell Dimension 8200
Windows XP Home Edition SP2
Non-Networked just connected to DSL Internet connection.
My sister-in -law's husband just recently passed away, he was the one who
looked after all the settings and installs on their computer. My
brother-in-law must have changed the name of the administrator account
because we can't log on as it and administrator does not show up in the
documents and settings folder. She tried to change the name of the user
account from his to hers by using the "change user name" feature. This
worked in so much as it changed the name on the log on screen but nothing
else, when you look for it in users in control panel only his name, another
user(which I assume is the administrator), and guest appear. It did however
create another folder in her Documents and settings folder with the new name,
the original user name's folder remained. There is another folder there
which I assume to be the administrator account, but when I click on it I get
an error message stating that access is denied. The problem is that when she
utilizes certain applications(MS Outlook, Word etc) it automatically places
the original user name into things which frustrates her to no end. Also,
other applications give her error messages stating that they can't find the
proper folder to store stuff in (My Docs). Basically I want to start fresh
with regards to the user accounts but not have to wipe out her hard drive and
reload everything! Is there a simple way of doing this? I realize that
there are SID's invloved but there must be a way!!! I have tried a few
things I know how to do with XP Pro, but alas the two versions are just not
the same in this respect! How do I reset the main admin account? I even
tried setting up a new user with admin privileges but I still can't access
the two folders in documents and settings that have admin rights with out
getting the access denied error. Looking at some of the help questions on
microsoft's website I was led to believe that I could rename these folders
in this manner or delete them.
Help!!!!!
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