Re: Login problems

From: lforbes (UseLinkToEmail_at_WindowsForumz.com)
Date: 12/31/04 

Date: 31 Dec 2004 17:27:45 -0500

"kathryn4" wrote:
> Help! My mother is getting an empty list at the user accounts
> login. It says
> select a user name, but there are none pictured. Its
> complicated by the fact
> that
> to log in (using ctrl+alt+del) or enter safe mode, it is
> asking for a user
> name and password. She enters her username, but had never
> created a password.
> Hitting cancel doesn't work, neither does leaving it blank.
> She's tried
> just about every password she can think of that she might have
> set it as.
> Her hard drive crashed and had to be reinstalled about three
> weeks ago, is
> there any sort of default password it might have gone to? Is
> there any way to
> get around this short of reinstalling XP all over again??

Hi,

If her HD crashed and had to be reinstalled then likely her account
got damaged.

Depending on what OS Home or Pro you can do a few things.

For Pro at the login screen do CTRL-ALT-DEL 2x to get the login
screen. Type Administrator as the login and leave the pwd blank (this
is the default install for Pro and Home).

For Home, Restart in safe mode. At the login screen type administrator
and leave the pwd blank.

If this doesn’t work then you may need to reload XP.

Cheers,

Lara 

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