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QUESTION POSED ON: 18 March 2006
Windows XP will not recognize my logon profile on my computer. I have to sign in as a guest/temporary user, and have lost access to many of my files. Every time I have to use the computer, I have to start over from scratch - even reinstalling programs. How can I be the administrator once again of my own machine?

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It sounds like your profile has become corrupt. Can you login under another administrator account? If so, you may be able to create yourself a new account and then copy your profile information from your bad account to the new one (via My Computer/Properties/Advanced/Settings). If that's not an option, my next step (in order to save time/effort) would be to purchase Winternals' Administrator's Pack.

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