No administrator account on windows xp

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From: Rick (rrarbear_at_aol.com)
Date: 09/28/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:09:22 -0700

I shut down two nights ago and when I turned back on I
had no administrator account. Now I can not down load,
change settings or install,. Please help, must be an easy
fix but i have yet to find it.. Thank you, Rick

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