Confused WIndows XP

[gia66]

Okay so heres the deal..I have a Dell Laptop windows XP....earlier today I added two new user accounts on my computer one limited and one administrator mind you I already had an admin user account but for some reason I had to make another one

Well I shut my laptop down in a few hours later actually maybe an hour when I got to the welcome screen my account was gone but the limited account and the new admin account was there..Im lost I dont know what happened to the other user account.

Is it hidden??I know I chose to keep the files hidden but I dont know why its not showing up..Even when I go to COntrol Panel/User Accounts I dont see my old admin account..any suggestions

[Pilgrim]

Welcome to the wonderful world of Windows with attitude
I lost everything on my Vista laptop through the same thing. 

[gia66]

Darn Windows I guess thats why they say have a hard copy of everything and I do but still lol

[Jewels]

did you use ctrl alt Del Del to try to log into it yet?

if you go into edit user accounts is it in there?

Are u on home or pro? Pro defaults to hiding the admin act once another one is created. A registry edit can force it to show up on the screen by changing the value associated with the act from 0 to 1

[tomron]

already had an admin user account but for some reason I had to make another one

Do you know why you had to make another admin account/Is it cause you can't find it as you mentioned,

Even when I go to COntrol Panel/User Accounts I dont see my old admin account

Did you name the admin account?

XP pro and XP home only shows admin accounts in safe mode.Try safe mode and you should see them.

This link explains how to create an Admin account

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001097.htm

DO NOT DELETE THE DEFAULT ADMIN ACCOUNT,though it probably won't let you delete it.

In addition to Jewels suggestion "ctrl alt Del",then type Administrator as user name.You might have to press ctrl alt del twice

[swytch]

 Tomron is correct, if you boot into Safemode you should be able to log in with the "Administrator" account (assuming you know the password on that account).  Additionally, there is a method of adjusting the login screen that displays when you boot up your PC.  Check out this article for details:

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/11/11/disable-and-turn-off-windows-xp-login-screen-and-show-traditional-nt-log-on-to-windows-box/

Swytch~   

[gia66]

thanks everyone for your help. it did work in Safe Mode and Swytch Im going to check out that article!

[swytch]

@gia66-

Perfect. You are more than welcome.

Swytch~