another admin login problem

[sadie]

Hello,

I’ve read through forum threads for 3 hours, and tried every fix. Here are the problems:

Fresh install of 1.5. imported 1.3a database in it. Everything went fine. Clicked the button to log into admin, and a big box on the screen said I must rename admin folder before logging into admin. Renamed admin folder. Did not rename admin inside of configure.php files because instructions said not to do so. (had already tried changing the configure.php file admin to my real admin name and that did not work). Nothing works I cannot log into admin.

1. Store side looks fine, except none of my images are there. I guess I have to do that separately.
2. From store side, if I click login (as a customer) I get this error: 404 Not Found The resource requested could not be found on this server!
3. If I type in store/admin, and hit enter I get this error: 404 Not Found
The resource requested could not be found on this server!
4. I am using the 1.5 configure.php files, not my old 1.3a files.

Is there a way to bypass the programmed admin/alert_page.php redirect so that I can log into my admin? Any help is appreciated.