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Hi, we have widows xp and my son has just gone to control panel and set up
a new user account icon on the desktop. But unfortunately the original icon
on the desktop for the first account has dissapeared.

How to get back that icon and access the first user account for the PC
please? many thanks.

Hi,
When the second account was created, the original account became the
Administrator account. You can access it form Safe Mode.
315222 - A description of the Safe Mode Boot options in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=315222

You should not routinely use this Administrator account- that's why it's a
little difficult to access. Keep it clean, safe and uncorrupted. Setup other
User Accounts and use them.

These articles may help:
User Accounts That You Create During Setup Are Administrator Account Types
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q293834/
How To Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;279783

Hope this helps,
Don


"jw 1111" <blue.star77[at]REMOOVEvirgin.net> wrote in message
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> Hi, we have widows xp and my son has just gone to control panel and set
up
> a new user account icon on the desktop. But unfortunately the original
icon
> on the desktop for the first account has dissapeared.
>
> How to get back that icon and access the first user account for the PC
> please? many thanks.
>