Setting up new users on family PC?

Hi
XP SP3.
I think this is really basic stuff, but im a bit dumb...
Whole family has been using the PC for several years, under the only login, as the administrator.
every time i get home from work, i have to undo all the system changes my kids have made.
Today, from Control Panel, I set up a new  user account for each person, but lost my access to the original ADMINISTRATOR, and lost all files, my docs etc.
I performed a system revert to yesterday to remove new users and get the ADMIN log in back, it worked, all good.
So, when I set up a new user, that user desk top is vitually empty, & cant access all the programs / files etc they are used to using...
How do i set up seperate user logins,, and transfer existing files and programs from ADMINISTRATOR to restricted users?
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Believe it or not, Microsoft already has these instructions posted, just not labeled so that you would ever think of it. Basically what you need to do is to duplicate the current user account several times, one for each family member.
This is the page you want, How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile in Windows XP
I know that it does not match exactly, but the end result is the same. Once you get to that page you want to follow the instructions under Create a new user profile on the workgroup computer to create accounts for everyone (Think about making a restricted account for yourself as well) and then under Copy files to the new user profile to copy everything over.
That should do what you want.
Hoov
Microsoft MVP - Consumer Security
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