I was adding account names to Windows and when asked if I wanted to restrict the administrators file to only the administrator I answered yes. This turned out to be a mistake because now, of course, no one can see any of the files that have always been there. Is there a way to usdo this?

Hi Jim, ·How are you trying to add account name to windows?·When you say “adding account name to windows”, do you mean to say creating user account? I would suggest you to perform system restore. Restore the computer to the date before you made the changes to the user account.You may refer the below link for steps:How to restore Windows XP to a previous state:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306084 Also refer the below links which has information on User accounts and steps to create user accounts.Links: User Accounts overview:http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/usercpl_overview.mspx?mfr=true Create and customize user accounts:http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/winxp/accounts.mspx#2 Regards:Samhrutha G S - Microsoft Support.Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.