Re: Enabling Account not showing on Login Screen?

From: Kelly (kelly_at_mvps.org)
Date: 05/05/04 

Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 02:09:36 -0500

Not sure if I am following you here, as this makes no sense at all. And
have no idea what could have possibly changed an Admin account to a Guest
account but......

The System Administrator becomes hidden once another admin account is
created. To gain access to the system admin account, you either add it to
the Welcome Screen by:

TweakUI/Logon/Show Administrator on the Welcome Screen
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Or...

Enable/Disable Administrator on Welcome Screen (Line 5)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Or...

Press Control/Alt/Delete Twice for Pro and Boot into safe mode and login for
Home.

Other than the above, what else have you done/installed recently? 

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"What-a-Tool" <Die!FrigginSpammersDieDie!@IHateSpam.Net> wrote in message 
news:NcWlc.4329$nN6.2846@lakeread06...
> Changed account type in "control userpasswords2" to Administrator. For 
> some
> reason it changed the account to a Guest which doesn't show up in my login
> screen.
> If I go back into "control userpasswords2" from this account, it tells me 
> it
> is an account type of "Other / Debugger"
> If I go into Users from the Control Panel, it tells me I am a guest.
> If I go into my Admin account to Control Panel / Users the account doesn't
> show up at all.
> The only way I am able to access it is <Login screen / CTRL ALT DEL type 
> in
> user name and password.
>
> Anyone now how I can get this account to show up on my login screen again?
>
> --
>
> / Sean the Mc /
>
>
> "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
> - Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)
>
>

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