"....and on the right it says HP_Administrator I have to click this before it carries on to the desk top"

That sounds very much like your user account Dakar. If it is and you delete that user profile then you'll risk losing all your settings and documents. I've a feeling that's not what you want.

Please confirm that at the XP Welcome screen there's only one user shown. Also, do you have to enter a password for HP_Administrator before it continues to your Desktop?

",I did delete HPAdministrator from profiles and now lost all my programes and settings including emails photos and access to the internet"

What a catastrophe Dakar - sorry to see that my warning came too late :(

I doubt that you'll ever get your XP settings and preferences back but you may be able to recover your personal files such as documents and photos etc.

To get the ball rolling you'll need to create a new user account. At the XP Welcome Screen do you currently see any users at all or is it blank? If it's the latter then on the keyboard, press the CTRL, ALT, and DELETE keys together twice in quick succession. The Welcome screen should now be replaced by a "Log on to Windows" dialogue box so type Administrator in the username section, leave the password blank and click the OK button. If however you can't get that "Log on to Windows" box then reboot into XP's Safe Mode and click on the (normally hidden) Administrator icon at the Welcome Screen.

Once you're in as Administrator, go to Control Panel -> User Accounts and create a new account. You can use your first name as the account name and make sure it's a "Computer Administrator" account. When you've done all that, log off and then log back in as that new user you just created and we can then look for your personal files.

OK, let's now see if we can locate your personal data:

Click the "Start" button, choose "My Computer", double-click the C: drive icon and then the "Documents & Settings" folder. Is there a folder there called "HP_Administrator"? If there is then go in and see if there's also a Documents folder. That folder and its subfolders should have all your music, photos, and documents etc. You can then copy them from where they are to the My Documents, My Pictures, My Music, etc locations on your new user profile.

Let us know how you get on and also if there's anything else you appear to have lost. If there's anything else that may be pertinent then make sure you mention it.

Good luck.