I don't appreciate you referring to me as stupid b/c we don't know it all.
That comment wasn't directed at you valerieg. It's just part of basementcoder's signature file; it will show up in every post he makes.
Can you clarify a couple of points please?
1.
I had many programs, etc. before, which I now can not access. They are still on my harddrive, however, but I can not open them.
When you say that you "reinstalled" XP, did you do a
full reinstall? If so, your previous user info, system settings, registry entries, etc. will have been overwritten. In other words, even though all of your old data files and programs are still on the drive, none of that info is registered with the new installation of Windows. Your settings for the old user account have most likely been erased, and you'll have to reinstall all of your programs in order for them to work.
2.
I noticed all my user settings, including programs and favorite internet websites I had saved...
Where exactly did you save that information? If you copied the entire subdirectory tree under C:\Documents and Settings\
Your Old Username to a safe location, you can just move it into the C:\Documents and Settings\
Your New Username folder. This will replace the default My Documents, Favorites, Start menu, History, etc. folders in the new account with your old, saved information. Note that many of the old shortcuts in those menus won't work though, because the new Windows registry has no entries for the programs the shortcuts point to.
3.
It no longer even prompts me to enter my password as before. I just click on my new username icon and I'm in. Why has it altered all of my settings and no longer prompts me for my password?
That really
does make it sound as though you did a fresh install. If that's really the case, and you didn't save any of your critical info from the original installation, you're starting from scratch- your old settings are gone.
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