I think you renamed your Administrator account to "Rick". Enter
%userprofile% to see what profile your "Rick" account is using. If it is
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator then rename it back to
"Administrator" to reduce confusion.

--
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows



"RAF" <Frownfelter@Comcast.net> wrote in message
news:06aa01c33f7d$d98d3dc0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Somehow when I installed XP Pro (upgrade from ME) My
> account "RICK" and the "ADMINISTRATOR" account got merged.
> When I boot my system and log into ADMINISTRATOR I come
> up as "RICK" on start menu. "Rick" shows up as an
> ADMINISTRATOR on "USER ACCOUNTS" but I can't change it.
> When I try to come up under XP login screen "RICK does
> not show up in the list. XP is confussed and so am I. Is
> there anyway to reset these accounts without reloading PC?
>
> HELP!!!!