Let me make my problem clearer. If I, as the admin, choose to look at the network connections and right click and choose to put the connection icon in the tray, the system returns "Access denied. You don't have admin.. permissions" or something similar. Likewise, whenever I try to make any system changes, XP HE won't allow access. I tried the safe mode as you suggested and the "Administrator" login showed up. I logged in on that account and still could not do anything as mentioned above. I used tweak UI to change the name of the computer, admin, etc. and it appeared to allow that, however, the access rights have not been allowed. I am not referring to folder permissions and the like, but to the main **system permissions**. It seems that at this point, no one has full admin rights, which is a problem that could be catastrophic in the future.