My child deleted the administrator account (no password) on his laptop (XP)

and now we cannot access any documents created under that account. How can we

restore it, anyone? Thanks.

chris <chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> My child deleted the administrator account (no password) on his laptop

> (XP) and now we cannot access any documents created under that account.

> How can we restore it, anyone? Thanks.

 

No Worries... You can't delete the built in administrator account.

 

Try this : boot laptop, if Welcome screen is blank (no user listed) tap

ctrl-alt-del keys twice. In the legacy Windows Log on box that pops up,

type "administrator" (no quotes) and click go or log on. You can also use

safe mode. The built in administrator will appear on the screen. Click on

the icon. Once Windows is open on the desktop, you'll need to Check to see

If his \username folder is still present in \Docs & Settings folder *. If it

is proceed to next step. Create a new account, with administrative

priveliges using User Accounts in the control panel.

 

Next, right click on my computer, tab advanced, click on user profiles. See

if old account is still listed by \username or "account unknown". If its

listed by "\username" you're going to use the copy profile to... button...

to copy all his files and settings from old into new admin account you've

created. If the account is listed as "account unknown" Delete the

account ( it clears the account profile information from registry, but will

not delete the \username folder in Docs and settings.) Log onto the new

account and move his files manually from \username to \new username.

 

Notes: * You should check to see at this when clicking on his old username

folder, if you get an "access denied" error. If you do, then he most likely

made his folder private. You'll need to use the new administrator account

to take ownership of the file, and its contents. If he didn't... then you

should be able to copy everything he had to the \new username folder before

deleting the old \username folder.

 

If you get stuck, post back.