Re: Document and settings\Administrator folder missing

If your computer is working fine, having the Administrator account active on
your system is not a critical issue. The account is there for emergency use. One
thing I would advise is to always have at least two accounts you've created on
your computer that are Computer Administrators. That way if one becomes corrupt,
you will, hopefully, still have the other one available.

Here's a test you can run in normal mode to check for the presence of the
Administrator account.

Go to Start -> Run and enter cmd.exe in the Open box.
This should open a command prompt window.
Enter the following command at the prompt and hit the Enter key.

net user

Is the Administrator account listed? If not, enter this command.

net user administrator

Look for a line that says Account active. It should say Yes. If it doesn't enter
the following command.

net user administrator /active:yes

Booting into Safe Mode should not be a problem as your other accounts would be
listed on the Welcome screen. If it's simply a matter of the folder being
deleted, it will be recreated when you log on to the Administrator account.

If none of these suggestions help resolve the problem, your only alternative may
be to reinstall Windows. Since you only have a Restore CD, I'd leave well enough
alone.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

"Allen" <cu389@xxxxxxxxxxxx(donotspam)> wrote in message
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Nepatsfan

I have this folder before and I have logged in as administartor when I first
got the PC.. I belived the registry cleaner problem that I ran sometimes ago
has done something and deleted the registry and thus the folder.. I haven't
try to boot in Safe mode yet as I worry the administartor option will n ot be
there and I will be stucked..


"Nepatsfan" wrote:

"Allen" <cu389@xxxxxxxxxxxx(donotspam)> wrote in message
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The administartor folder in C:\Document and settings is missing. I checked
the registry and it is no longer there.. Is there anyway I can get it back
?
Currently I have two user accounts that has the administrator rights.. In
C:\Documents and setting folder, it only list the two user accounts, a
default user folder and All User folder.. Any help on this ? OS is WIN XP
SP2 Home.

Thanks


There won't be a folder named Administrator in C:\Documents and Settings
until
you've logged on at least once with the built-in Administrator account. With
XP
Home, you would need to boot into Safe Mode by restarting the computer and
hitting the F8 key until the Window Advanced Options menu appears. You then
use
the arrow keys to select Safe Mode. The Administrator account should now be
visible on the Welcome screen.

Good luck

Nepatsfan






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