User Profile Problem

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I hope I can be succinct about this.

I just bought a used laptop running W2K for home use. I'm having the
following problem: After I installed the SeaMonkey browser, I noticed that
W2K placed SeaMonkey's profile folders such that I can't read or access
them - it's as though they don't exist. When I search in W2K for specific
files I know are loaded in connection with this, they don't show up.

I haven't yet set a password. When I boot up I get a box saying the system
couldn't log me on, make sure my user name and domain are correct, then type
my password again. I can and do get to the desktop by clicking OK and then
clicking OK in the log-in box that follows, The box reads "user" for user
name and has no password.

In Control Panel under Users and Passwords I see three accounts:
Administrator (Administrators), Guest (Guests), and user (Administrators).
The words in parentheses are under the "Group" column.

In the properties box for each of these, the heading across the top starts
off RANGER2, which I think is the name of the computer designated by the
former owner.

Could someone kindly advise me how to configure this so that when I do log
in with a password I can see everything that's on the drive, and always have
Administrative rights?


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