Big Problem

Please help,

I have re-installed XP which I have done before but this
time I cant get to my old documents. I can see the
directory in C:|documents\settings\(User Name) but it says
access denied on my old login. I hope you can help me get
them back or I have lost all my stuff.

I created new user names but I can see some of the old
documents under previous users except mine as they were
higher privelage.

Is there any way I can get the files back as I also lost
my restore point.


Regards

Roy

If you log in as Admin, you should be able to access the
folder, unless maybe you had the files encrypted. Have
you tried creating the same user and logging in as that?
I imagine you must have tried, but just in case.

Mike

>-----Original Message-----
>Please help,
>
>I have re-installed XP which I have done before but this
>time I cant get to my old documents. I can see the
>directory in C:|documents\settings\(User Name) but it

says

>access denied on my old login. I hope you can help me

get

>them back or I have lost all my stuff.
>
>I created new user names but I can see some of the old
>documents under previous users except mine as they were
>higher privelage.
>
>Is there any way I can get the files back as I also lost
>my restore point.
>
>
>Regards
>
>Roy
>
>
>.
>

http://support.microsoft.com/default...EN-US;Q308421&
HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP




"Roy Woodman" <ROYW1000@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Please help,
>
> I have re-installed XP which I have done before but this
> time I cant get to my old documents. I can see the
> directory in C:|documents\settings\(User Name) but it says
> access denied on my old login. I hope you can help me get
> them back or I have lost all my stuff.
>
> I created new user names but I can see some of the old
> documents under previous users except mine as they were
> higher privelage.
>
> Is there any way I can get the files back as I also lost
> my restore point.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Roy
>
>

Have an admin go into the computer, (not sure what system you have), right
click the user's name and change the password. Depending on system the exact
directions are different.

--
Thomas O'Grady,
Security Business Unit
Microsoft Corporation

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"mikalle76" <mikalle76@juno.com> wrote in message
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> I was wanting to know if there is a default password,
> because one of my non-tec guys set and then forgot his
> password