Hmm, okay. I was able to access startup repair last night, and rebooted, but nothing happened. Worse, I couldn't get back into startup repair.

I'll give it another shot. If that doesn't work, I'll...

Yesterday, I was playing The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, when the program crashed. I mistakenly hit the "sleep" button on my keyboard, which seemed to shut everything down. When I tried to...

It appears I have fixed the problem.

I accessed command prompt and typed "shutdown /r /o". From there, I went into safe mode, and was able to restore administrative access to my main account....

Thanks a bunch, everyone! I'll try to get the PE rescue media first. If that doesn't work I'll have to boot back up from the USB.

Thanks. Unfortunately, I can't seem to download anything because I no longer have permission. I'll try to set up a bootable drive from my Mac and plug it in once it's ready.

Wish I knew how I...

Okay, I downloaded Windows. Can I just use a regular USB drive for this?

I can't do anything in command prompt. I just keep getting a System Error 5 message.

Also, I'm somewhat confused by the directions. Where does it say to get into command prompt from boot?

I tried that. A window pops up asking if I want to allow the app to make changes. To continue I have to type in an administrator password, but there's no space in which to type it.

Hmm, okay. Unfortunately, I don't see any other user accounts. At one point I was logging on with some kind of Administration account, but I can no longer do that. I can't recall how I accessed that...

I'm the sole user of my computer. Previously, I was able to use it as an administrator, but I somehow ended up creating a separate administrator account. Unfortunately, I can't seem to switch it...