Re: Windows XP Log On (ive done everythng!)

From: simplesimon (simplesimon_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/10/04 

Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 13:03:03 -0700

Looking through all the postings this seems to be a fairly common problem
with XP but no one appears to have a solution. Hitting CTL-ALT-DEL twice
doesn't get the Administrator icon even in Safe Mode, so has anyone else got
any ideas? And yes I have a machine with the same problem and everything
I've tried hasn't worked :(

"Alex Nichol" wrote:

> elise wrote:
>
> >thanks you guys, but i have tried doing the cntl alt delte button twice and
> >really want ot avoid doing a system recovery....mainly because i have
> >EVERTHING on this laptop and no backups. this includes important documents,
> >thoasands of pictures and an immense load of music. :( i really want to avoid
> >reinstalling everything and starting from scratch....
>
> this is where the hidden account called 'Administrator' comes in. Boot,
> hitting F8 as BIOS info goes to black to get the Menu and take Safe
> Mode. That should then at 'Welcome' include an icon for
> 'Administrator'; if not hit CTL-ALT-DEL twice to get a logon dialog,
> enter the explicit name
> Administrator
> and assume that password is null, so Enter immediately. From that, you
> can see about the other accounts. First check in Control Panel - User
> accounts that they exist. If so, what has likely happened is that they
> have been hidden from Welcome. Use TweakUI - one of the XP Powertoys
> from (if you have installed XP SP1)
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
>
> If you have not installed SP1, the earlier version can be found at
> http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
>
> You will have to do the download on another machine if you can only get
> in this way via Safe Mode, but the download for this one easily fits on
> a floppy.
>
> Once installed you will find it in Start - All Programs - Powertoys for
> Windows XP
>
> Its Logon page, make sure that you have checked all the 'Show whoever on
> Welcome Screen' boxes (except one, if present, for ASPNET)
>
>
> --
> Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
> Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)
>

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