My Admin login disappeared. How do I get those emails back?

[LindaLiz]

Recently set up my new system and used the Administrator login for a short
time. Yesterday I created a new user account. When I booted this morning,
only the new account was available as an option for login...the Admin account
was gone.

I tried to re-create the Administrator account, but it says that it already
exists...yet I can't see it when I try to 'switch user' or log out and in in
any way.

Is there any way to get the Admin Account active again, or at least retrieve
my Outlook emails that I accumulated during my short time using it?

 

[Gordon]

Recently set up my new system and used the Administrator login for a short
time. Yesterday I created a new user account. When I booted this
morning,
only the new account was available as an option for login...the Admin
account
was gone.

I tried to re-create the Administrator account, but it says that it
already
exists...yet I can't see it when I try to 'switch user' or log out and in
in
any way.

Is there any way to get the Admin Account active again, or at least
retrieve
my Outlook emails that I accumulated during my short time using it?

This is actually a Windows question, not Office! The answer is, when you
create a new Account with Admin rights, the built-in Admin account is
automatically hidden. How you log on to it, depends on your version of XP
(which you omitted to tell us).
In XP Home Edition, boot into Safe Mode, where the Administrator account
will become visible.
In Pro, at the Welcome screen, press CTL-ALT-DEL twice, when a W2K style
login box will appear. Type "administrator" (without the quotes) into the
user name field, and then enter whatever password you set up.

HTH