Re: recovery/repair after admin rename

Hi Doug,
As mentioned in my first post, I cannot boot in Safe mode because of a video
card driver bug. During the character-interface listing of drivers loading,
booting stops at this video driver.

"Doug Knox - [MS MVP]" wrote:

Boot into Safe Mode (this error occurs when you try to logon to the built-in
Administrator account on XP Home outside of Safe Mode). Reboot the computer
and press F8 between the BIOS POST screen and XP actually starting to load.

Additionally, using the built-in Administrator account as the only account
for day to day use is a VERY BAD idea. If that account becomes corrupted and
can't log on, you have no access to the system. Create another user account
and use that.

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"Leafgreen" <Leafgreen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:E14EBD5E-6709-478A-A2BE-E100AE1653AE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thank you Frankster. I did this and here's what happened. Previously when
I
had access to XP, I renamed the Administrator username "adminusername".
Now,
there are only two users: adminusername and a disabled Guest. When I type
adminusername and the password I get a Login Message "Unable to log you on
because of an account restriction." What should I do now?

"Frankster" wrote:

Press Ctrl-Alt-Del TWO TIMES and you should get the Administrator logon
screen.

-Frank

"Leafgreen" <Leafgreen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:93D5D9E1-3074-4E4B-B7A1-6323ECFF3C75@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,

I am using XP SP2 with the latest updates. This all started when I
renamed
the admin name, and also changed it to the setting to use the Welcome
Screen
only. Oops: Now when I reboot there is no user to the right of "to
begin,
click your user name". It is blank.

I cannot start in safe mode because the reboot stops at my video card
driver. (bug)

I can successfully boot with the Windows XP CD from an XP Pro laptop I
have.
I enter into the Windows XP Recovery Console. It asks me for the admin
pw
and
it accepts it and returns C:/WINDOWS>

Now I have no idea what to do to regain access to my XP admin rights.
Please
help!

TIA! Leafgreen




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