Re: PLEASE HELP...cannot log on!

From: roger (sergiorogerdon'tspam_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 04/19/04 

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 11:03:15 -0500

Hi greekchica,

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 05:56:22 GMT, greekchica
<greekchica.14y3id@pcbanter.net> wrote:

[...]

>I freaked out and restarted my system again. The same thing occurred.
>If someone could PLEASE tell me how to restore all my user names and
>passwords, I will be forever grateful to you!!! I have HUNDREDS of
>important files on my PC and I would hate to lose them over a simple
>malfunction.

Boot in safe mode (pressing F8 repeatedly while windows is booting),
you might have to type 'administrator' and use the password employed
while installing XP. When you log in go to Control Panel > User
accounts and click 'Change the way in which users log on' in the next
window check 'enable welcome screen.'

>Please someone help me! PLUS, does anyone know how I can obtain access
>control to become an administrator? When trying to create new user
>accounts, it says I do not have the rights because I am not an
>administrator for the computer. Please someone help me or give me some
>advice. After waiting 40 minutes on the phone for a Dell
>representative, I have given up for the night.

Go to Start > Run and type 'control userpasswords2'
(without the quotes), select the account you want to change, click
properties, in the second tab that appears (belonging to groups) click
others, and select 'administrators.' Click OK.

If you're interested you can download tweakUI, which is part of
Windows XP Power toys, it has a heading to control which users are
shown in the welcome screen (Logon), it could be useful.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Good luck

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