New computer - Windows XP administrator problems

[bulla]

I hope someone can help!!

I got a new computer a few weeks ago with Windows XP Professional.

Now - the older computer had 2 good, big drives so I asked the salesman if they could transfer over my 2 old hard drives to the new computer after he had installed Windows and got the new computer going - so this was done. Good.

When he installed Windows on the new computer he kept the normal "Administrator" that comes with the software, and created a new one too with the same name as I had on the old computer (which he could see all the details of since the older computer was running & sitting on another table while he was installing Windows etc

Anyway, I've now got a problem in that

- when I switch on the computer the Administrator logs on and the Windows landscape comes up on the screen together with no real shortcuts etc in Program files etc. It's like a brand-new computer.

- the only way I can bring up the other administrator - the one that he created that has all the shortcuts that came with the older computer, all the features etc - is to log-off as the Administrator, and log on as the other (let's call him "Old-one") So I do that - log off as Admin & log on as Old-one - and then it's all OK - the start program shortcuts, the taskbar, the screen ... everything is OK as it's under the Old-one admin profile.

..... have I explained it correctly so you can understand?

What I want to do is have the older administrator ("old-one") as the default or main administrator so that I don't have to keep swapping each time I switch on the computer (either that, or delete one of the administrators)

Can someone tell me how I can do this? I've searched the Windows help centre and can't find anything .....

ANY help would be really appreciated

Thanks

 

[johnb35]

All programs will have to be reinstalled under the new installation. You will not be able to run programs off the old account. Most programs install files into the system registry in order to work, which you can't access if you are running them from the old account if files were just copied over from drive to drive.

 

[bulla]

All programs will have to be reinstalled under the new installation.

I have done that - everything that I'm using has been reinstalled and is originating from the C:\ drive that runs Windows. All shortcuts (for the "old-one" administrator that I logoff and logon to use) from "Start" et al are all originating from

C:\Documents and Settings\ABCXYZ\Start Menu

... so from that point of view the Administrator that I WANT to keep using ("old-one") is functioning from the NEW C:\ drive .....

So all is well from that point of view........


Do you have any other opinions?