How Do You Restore User Accounts In Windows XP?
If your Windows XP user profile is damaged, or if your computer is starting to run too slowly when you’re logged in as a particular user, you may need to restore your user account. Windows doesn’t have a simple “reset” button to restore accounts, but you can restore the account yourself by backing up the user’s files, deleting the account and moving the user’s files into a new account. Log into the computer as an administrator, not as the user whose account you want to restore. Back up the files in the user’s “Favorites” folder (located under C:\Documents and Settings\username) by copying the folder onto your desktop. Click the “Start” button and choose “Control Panel.” Click “User Accounts” and choose “Change an account.” Click the user account you want to restore and choose “Delete the account.” Windows asks if you’d like to keep the user’s files in a folder labeled with the user’s name on your desktop. Click “Keep Files” to keep the files. Be sure you choose this option, or the user
