How do I repair my library and user account?

My problem:
- Created new user named "admin" and wanted to transfer my entire account there and gave it full rights. Decided not to. <- long story
- Now, original account does not have full rights and every setting I change (like desktop wallpaper) changes back to the day I gave full rights to my other account.
- Asks password to move and delete files.
- Apps connected to Apple account (iPhoto, Notes, Mail, Calendar, Preview, Reminders, FaceTime, etc. - except iTunes and Messages) asks for password as well and when I put it in, it crashes and says the app quit unexpectedly
- Also, Apple apps like Messages cannot log in to my Apple account, and I cannot receive any messages anymore.
Attempts to fix:
- I tried giving myself acces to a lot of folders (my hard drisk, home, desktop, system, library, user accounts, applications)
- Disk Utility - Verify Disk Permissions and Repair Disk Permissions
HELP!

HI,
I am presuming there was only one account on the mac in the first place.
In System Preferences > User and Groups this would have been an Admin account.
You now seem to be saying that this Mac User Account is no longer an Admin account ("Does not have full rights") but have not explained how you got to that state.
You can have several Mac User Accounts that have Admin Permissions.
Other posters who may be able to help may need the exact steps that you took in this process.
9:14 PM Friday; April 5, 2013
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