Re: XP User Accounts
From: R. C. White (rc_at_corridor.net)
Date: 01/07/05
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Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 14:55:31 -0600
Hi, PALady4JC.
Before you reformat and start over, try a couple of things...
Unless you changed it, your Administrator account is still named
"Administrator" and the password is still "" - that is, Nil, or nothing.
Not even a space. Just hit Enter. Don't hit Escape; just Enter.
Once logged on as Administrator, be sure to create a new account for
yourself as AN administrator, rather than THE administrator. That is, make
a new account for "PALady" (or whatever) and be sure that it is in the
administrator group. Assign this new account a password, if you like. Do
all your future administrator work from this PALady account. Reserve THE
Administrator account for true emergencies, when you need God-like powers
over this computer. You didn't say if you are using WinXP Home or WinXP
Pro; there are a few differences between them in this area.
If that doesn't work, you might need to do a Repair Install, also known as
an in-place upgrade. This will reinstall WinXP itself, but it will not
require a reformat and it will leave your installed applications and data in
place. For details, see this KB article:
How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q315341
Others here can tell you how to deal with permissions. As a one-man,
one-computer kind of guy, I've never had to learn about those, but you may
need them to get back your Outlook and other files.
RC
-- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@corridor.net Microsoft Windows MVP "PALady4JC" <PALady4JC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:70BF2423-75AF-4472-AC28-D31397C5DE0A@microsoft.com... > Help please! I've messed up my PC big time. Thought I'd look here for > help > before I reformat hard drive and start over. > > When initially installing XP, I had created user accounts then later > removed > them. I've "lost" the administrator account. I'm not able to log in as > administrator because all the passwords I've ever used do not work. Not > even > sure what user name to use. I also lost my Outlook, all my favorites, > etc. > Any way to get back to the way it was before I deleted the user accounts? > I > have tried Recovery Console and a few other things, most of which require > signing on as administrator. When I shut down and reboot, computer hangs > at > Windows is signing on screen. > > Any suggestions, comments, help...it would all be appreciated. Thanks!
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