Accidentally changed both to 'standard user' user accounts, so now there is no user "administrator."

I changed the two accounts to standard user accounts, and now of course I can't make changes, or download anything. Whenever I try to change anything, a UAC popup window appears, but that still leaves me not chang anything. Help.

I think that window version my computer is XP (home).

Thanking you in advance,

Ms. lee

It must be a built-in Administrator account that does not remove-able.  When you get to the login screen, hit Ctrl-Alt-Del twice.  Then you should be able to enter "Admin" as user and leave the password empty (unless you have changed in the past).  Then, you should be able to create other users with administrator privileges or other functions of the administrator.

"How to connect to your Windows XP-based computer if you forget your password or if your password expires"
  <>http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/321305 >

HTH,
JW

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