Windows User Accounts/User Names Invisible/Disappeared

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From: Nagyde (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/16/04 

Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 10:26:03 -0700

Please Help. I actually have 2 issues on 2 PCs with Windows XP Professional. I will post 1 issue here.

System Information:
Desktop PC. ASUS Motherboard, 512 MB ram, Intel 2GHz Processor, 2 Hard-drives.... Running Windows XP Pro.

Issue:
System is used as a File Server, Again, running Win XP Pro. The system was running for about 1 year without any issue(s). Today, I went to log-in to the PC via Network Neighborhood, from my laptop, and I was unable to get in with any of my passwords. I went to go reboot the PC and when the Log-in screen came up (Username selection screen), there are NO USERNAMES to select. The entire right hand side of the screen is blank. I tried to do another reboot no luck. All of the usernames are GONE/Invisible/No longer available. I tried to do a safe mode reboot but am always transported to the User Name selection screen (where I cant select anything except shut down the PC).

Is this some sort of Virus? Can I get back into the PC anyhow? Can I copy over files from another PC and use a floppy to create a new user ID to log in to the corrupt PC so that I can see what happened?

PLEASE HELP. I can pull the spare drive from the PC (where all the files are stored) HOWEVER, I also have a large number of files on the primary drive which I cant get into.
 
 

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