Windows XP Home SP2 - Administrator Account disappeared

Jerry, this did not work ... it still logged me in using the guest account.

"Jerry" wrote:

> XP Home requires a boot into Safe Mode to log-in as Administrator. Did you
> try that and the McAfee install from Safe Mode?
>
> "larrywaz" <larrywaz DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F00B39B8-1354-4269-AF05-3762CD9CE207@microsoft.com...
> > This past Monday I finally allowed my desktop to download IE7 and then
> > install it when the computer was shutting down for the night. When I
> > turned
> > it back on Wednesday it took awhile while it told me that it was finishing
> > up
> > the installtion of IE7. It then came up and I started using it.
> > At a point a few minutes later a McAfee window popped up about a new
> > upgrade
> > and I allowed it to go get the download. When the download was complete it
> > asked about installing it and I put that off until I was finished with
> > what I
> > was doing and getting ready to shutdown for the night. I clicked the
> > install
> > button and it came back and told me that only an Administration account
> > could
> > load software on the machine. I checked the users accounts and there now
> > was
> > NO Administrator account and only a single Guest account which has the
> > name
> > of the old Administrator account.
> >
> > How do I go about re-establishing an Administrator account?
>
>
>
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Doesn't work like that.

Booting into safe mode is supposed to give the log-in screen that has an
Administrator box. Are you not seeing that?

"larrywaz" <larrywaz.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7E379CFB-B47B-4E2E-AD0D-434BE97145AC@microsoft.com...
> Jerry, this did not work ... it still logged me in using the guest
> account.
>
> "Jerry" wrote:
>
>> XP Home requires a boot into Safe Mode to log-in as Administrator. Did
>> you
>> try that and the McAfee install from Safe Mode?
>>
>> "larrywaz" <larrywaz.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:F00B39B8-1354-4269-AF05-3762CD9CE207@microsoft.com...
>> > This past Monday I finally allowed my desktop to download IE7 and then
>> > install it when the computer was shutting down for the night. When I
>> > turned
>> > it back on Wednesday it took awhile while it told me that it was
>> > finishing
>> > up
>> > the installtion of IE7. It then came up and I started using it.
>> > At a point a few minutes later a McAfee window popped up about a new
>> > upgrade
>> > and I allowed it to go get the download. When the download was complete
>> > it
>> > asked about installing it and I put that off until I was finished with
>> > what I
>> > was doing and getting ready to shutdown for the night. I clicked the
>> > install
>> > button and it came back and told me that only an Administration account
>> > could
>> > load software on the machine. I checked the users accounts and there
>> > now
>> > was
>> > NO Administrator account and only a single Guest account which has the
>> > name
>> > of the old Administrator account.
>> >
>> > How do I go about re-establishing an Administrator account?
>>
>>
>>
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Jerry, I do not get an Admin box nor if I look up the user the only one there
is the one single user account with my name on it. That account used to be
"Guest User"

"Jerry" wrote:

> Doesn't work like that.
>
> Booting into safe mode is supposed to give the log-in screen that has an
> Administrator box. Are you not seeing that?
>
> "larrywaz" <larrywaz.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7E379CFB-B47B-4E2E-AD0D-434BE97145AC@microsoft.com...
> > Jerry, this did not work ... it still logged me in using the guest
> > account.
> >
> > "Jerry" wrote:
> >
> >> XP Home requires a boot into Safe Mode to log-in as Administrator. Did
> >> you
> >> try that and the McAfee install from Safe Mode?
> >>
> >> "larrywaz" <larrywaz.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:F00B39B8-1354-4269-AF05-3762CD9CE207@microsoft.com...
> >> > This past Monday I finally allowed my desktop to download IE7 and then
> >> > install it when the computer was shutting down for the night. When I
> >> > turned
> >> > it back on Wednesday it took awhile while it told me that it was
> >> > finishing
> >> > up
> >> > the installtion of IE7. It then came up and I started using it.
> >> > At a point a few minutes later a McAfee window popped up about a new
> >> > upgrade
> >> > and I allowed it to go get the download. When the download was complete
> >> > it
> >> > asked about installing it and I put that off until I was finished with
> >> > what I
> >> > was doing and getting ready to shutdown for the night. I clicked the
> >> > install
> >> > button and it came back and told me that only an Administration account
> >> > could
> >> > load software on the machine. I checked the users accounts and there
> >> > now
> >> > was
> >> > NO Administrator account and only a single Guest account which has the
> >> > name
> >> > of the old Administrator account.
> >> >
> >> > How do I go about re-establishing an Administrator account?
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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