Administrators account in Safe Mode

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BadHead

Hi,

My Administrators Account no longer shows up in the Login screen when in
Safe Mode. Any idea how to get this back?

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BadHead :)
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OS: Windows XP Professional SP2 (32-bit)
Office Suite: Microsoft Office 2003 Professional SP3

Motherboard: Asus Crosshair
CPU: AMD64x2 5600(AM2)
RAM: 4Gb (2x2GB) Corsair Twin2x 4096-6400C5DHX
GPU: GeCube ATI X1950Pro 512MB FZ HDCP Edition
PSU: Enermax Galaxy 850W
HDD: 2.43TB over 5 Western Digital Discs
 
At the Welcome screen, press Ctrl-Alt-Delete twice, and type in
"Administrator"

You probably have a bad entry in the registry for that.

This setting will show it on the normal boot welcome screen
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList]
"Administrator"=dword:00000001
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Hi,

My Administrators Account no longer shows up in the Login screen when in
Safe Mode.  Any idea how to get this back?

---
BadHead :)
---

OS: Windows XP Professional SP2 (32-bit)
Office Suite: Microsoft Office 2003 Professional SP3

Motherboard: Asus Crosshair
CPU: AMD64x2 5600(AM2)
RAM: 4Gb (2x2GB) Corsair Twin2x 4096-6400C5DHX
GPU: GeCube ATI X1950Pro 512MB FZ HDCP Edition
PSU: Enermax Galaxy 850W
HDD: 2.43TB over 5 Western Digital Discs
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Hello,

A couple of things:

When logging into Safe Mode, at the Welcome screen, if you hit Ctrl-
Alt-Del twice you should get the "Classic" style login screen. If you
then type in Administrator and enter a password (if you have one, if
not leave it blank), do you get into Safe Mode with the Administrator
account?

If you log in in Normal Mode, go to Start => Run and type in:
control userpasswords2
Is Administrator listed in 'Users for this computer'?

It's always possible the Administrator account is corrupted.
 
Hello,

A couple of things:

When logging into Safe Mode, at the Welcome screen, if you hit Ctrl-
Alt-Del twice you should get the "Classic" style login screen. If you
then type in Administrator and enter a password (if you have one, if
not leave it blank), do you get into Safe Mode with the Administrator
account?

If you log in in Normal Mode, go to Start => Run and type in:
control userpasswords2
Is Administrator listed in 'Users for this computer'?

It's always possible the Administrator account is corrupted.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
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I believe the fix to force the addition of the Administrator account
with the Registry hack, also forces the Administrator account to be
listed when you log in in Normal Mode. I'm not sure this is what you
would want.
 
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