Windows XP user Accounts Issue

[DampCat]

Hey guys.

I've been approached by a work colleague regarding his fathers home PC and somethign he has ballsed up. Unfortunately i dont know the answer t the problem as i dont use user accounts.

This is all teh information i have:
He had a default user named "Admin", and created a new account via the control panel. He accidentally set the new User to Administrator, and now apparently the old "Admin" user has dissapeared completely, along with all his iTunes library and settings and all that jazz.

Has it been overwritten after introducing the new "Admin" level user? Or must he have deleted it manually?

Is there any way to get it back?

 

[DampCat]

Cheers for the reply.

He didn't add an account named Administrator, he just gave it Administrator privileges. I dont know what the new account is called, so for sake of discussion we'll call it Marmaduke.

The impression I get is that there was a default user named Admin, or set up by whatever retailer he bought it from, and when he created Marmaduke, it has somehow replaced "Admin" on the user list.

I'll get him to check the users and documents folder to see what's in there.

 

[DampCat]

I passed on your advice. Cheers guys.