Re: Owner account changed to "Account Unknown"



Whatever happened also took away all my XP restore points. So, that's not an
option.

"bumtracks" wrote:

> Did you try an earlier restore point date ?
>
> "Just Me from Ohio" <Just Me from Ohio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message news:A5224B5C-2864-4D8E-9452-5E057BB60E40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Help! My owner account (where most of my files are) has been magically
> > changed to "account unknown" under the System Properties/Advanced/User
> > Profiles. I "see" the "Account Unknown" listed, but I am unable to access
> > it. I tried signing in as the administrator, but no luck. I checked
> > Windows
> > help online, but no luck. I called Sony Vaio support, (support?), no
> > luck.
> >
> > I am running XP Home Edition SP2 will all updates.
> >
> > I have found out that the files aren't gone, according to online readings,
> > but getting to them is another matter. I'm a minister and all of my
> > sermons/funerals/baptisms/etc. are connected with the "Owner" profile.
> > Yes,
> > I know, back up... I have the hard copies, but that's not real helpful.
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
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