Re: No User Accounts on Welcome Screen

From: lforbes (UseLinkToEmail_at_WindowsForumz.com)
Date: 01/03/05 

Date: 3 Jan 2005 15:02:04 -0500

"Bryan25" wrote:
> When I power on my PC, I get the Welcome Screen without any
> user accounts to
> select. Earlier today the Welcome Screen was fine.
>
> I read that I can ctrl-alt-del to log on, but when I do that I
> have a
> problem also. I get a log on box with "owner" in the user
> line. I have
> never set up passwords, so I leave the password blank and
> click log on. I
> get a message telling me local policy does not allow me to log
> on. I am
> stuck. Does anyone have a suggestion?

Hi,

Hit the CTRL-ALT-Del. Remove the "owner" and put in Administrator .
Leave the pwd blank. If this doesn’t work, restart in SafeMode (press
F8 after your BIOS page at boot). Login as Administrator with a blank
pwd.

I am not sure what OS you are running - Home or Pro.

After getting in as Administrator, go into the Users and check they
are there. Create a new one.

If you haven’t made any changes you may have been infected by a virus
of some sort.

If you are running XP Pro you can run gpedit.msc at the command line.
Then go to CompConfig-Windows-Security-Local Policies-User Rights
Assignment. Check under "Deny logon locally" and "Logon Locally".
Make sure only the "Support" and "Guest" are in the Deny, and ALL
users are in the "Logon locally".

Cheers,

Lara 

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