OT - XP question

[bryce]

I recently got a new computer and I'm now using XP for the first time, so I have what is sure to be a stupid question. But, when I boot up, I get a message saying the user profile is not recognized, so I was logged in as the default profile, or some such. I'm guessing this isn't too important, but I'm anal, and it's annoying, so how do I alter my setup to avoid this in the future?

Thanks in advance.

[dacman]

Did you install over an older Windows OS?

Go to Control Panel/User Accounts -- what do you see there?

[bryce]

nah, it's a brand new computer, new OS, etc.

User accounts has my name as the system admin and then "Guest" and that's it.

[dacman]

Is the guest account on or off?

[bryce]

off

[dacman]

Bah! That means your account is somehow messed up -- about the only surefire way to fix it is to delete it and create it anew. Maybe someone else has a better idea?