M70: Permissions, wallpaper and limited user

Hi,
I have spent some time (i.e. a few days of mucking around) setting up a new M70 (PSM70A-T00E) notebook which has WinXPSP2 preinstalled (on an all-but-useless recovery DVD without the alleged "expert" option, but that's another story).
When Windows was first installed, I configured the (default) administrator and one user account (called "aburdeni"). By default, both accounts had administrator permissions.
After setting things up the way I like them, I am now trying to convert the user account to a limited account.
The usual method of "control panel->user accounts->...->change account type" doesn't work as it claims that there is only one account on the system (even though there's the one with the username "administrator", which it ignores for some reason).
To override this, I logged in as administrator and ran lusrmgr.msc. I then added user "aburdeni" to the User group and removed them from the Administrator group.
Things broke.
What I have noticed now is that:
* The default Toshiba theme doesn't stick (no wallpaper, just a plain grey backdrop)
* Control panel reverted back to the default hierarchical style, and clicking on the give-it-to-me-the-way-I-like-it text on the left-hand side didn't do anything.
* Other settings (taskbar, start menu style) reverted back to the default.
There are probably countless other things that broke, but I have yet to find them.
Setting the account to Power User instead of User made no difference. Things only started working again when I added the account back into the Administrator group.
Is there any way to have things work while logged in as an unprivileged user?
Thanks,
Adam
BTW: I'm from Australia, if that makes a difference (different settings for the default install?)

Hello Adam
As far as I know there is no difference in which country you live because operating systems are the same for all countries and some different settings depending on country are not known to me.
Please delete all created accounts. Log in as administrator and then create a new account. First step is to give the name for this new account and click on Next. Second step is to define this user (administrator rights or even limited user). Choose limited option and end the wizard.
Use Windows + L key combination and try to log in as limited user. There should not be any problem. The background picture and everything else will be set like for the first time.
You can make a small test and try to start Toshiba power utility. You will see that there is no chance to start it and change anything. It can be used just by administrator.
Please try again. It must works.
Good luck!!!

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