Administrative Account :(:(

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I have Windows XP Pro. My power went out the other day & when I turned the
computer on my desk top was gone. It was back to the original XP desktop. I
lost all my icons. I am pretty good with computers however I am having
problems. While working on it I realize that I am running under the
"Administrator Guest Account" which gives me very limited access.

This is what I have tried, with no success:

-Run " control userpasswords2 " It brings up User Account but @ the top it
says "you must be a member of Admin group and "J" account is not a member of
the admin group. In the box it says "Administrator" with no password so I hit
ok (because I never set up an admin password during setup) I get this error
message "User Options could not be started with the supplied info" I then
tried using the above "J" with & with out a password still got the same
message.

Went into safe mode. Went into my computer> C drive> and clicked on Docs &
Settings 3 files came up "Admin", "J", "All Users". I can access "Admin" "All
Users" but not "J" an error comes up Access Denied.

I would be happy to just use the new "admin guest acct" but i have very
limited access & can not download.

I also went into computer management & user accounts. I see "J" account but
can not access it.

I have my original disc to reload OS but it tells me I need to be the
Administrator to do this & will not allow me to go any further.

I would be very blessed if someone could help me through this I have a Dell
4400. I have also tried to get into the boot menu to boot from disc but it
wont come up.

Thanks in advance for everyone's help in this matter!!!!

--
J
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