all user accounts missing in XP Pro (Normal and Safe Mode)

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User brought in system with following issue:

System will boot in normal mode to the Windows Welcome Screen.
No user accounts listed on the right side.
If system is booted to safe mode, same issue
Booted system to linux password reset util
linux reports that there are no user accounts on the system

We then performed a repair install of Windows XP Pro
During the install, windows asked for a user account name to create
We gave it a unique name
The repair install completed successfully
After the repair install completed, the same issue remained

Please advise.

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Ed Hodges
EMMTEK, Inc.
ed <at> emmtek <dot> com


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