Lost user account

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Don Wiss

Help!

In My Computer | Properties I clicked Network ID and let the Network
Identification Wizard run. (Though I am not on a network.) Then much later
I booted. Now it logs me in as Administrator, and my Don account is not
listed when I try to switch to it. Only Admin and Guest. If I try to create
Don it says it already exists. Of course not being on Don means that I lost
all my desktop. How do I recover?

Thanks, Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).
 
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Guest

Sounds like you have lost "Don" on the welcome screen?

If this is the case you can hit Ctrl+Alt+Del twice and get the WIN2k logon
box and manualy enter the username and password.
 
D

Don Wiss

Sounds like you have lost "Don" on the welcome screen?

If this is the case you can hit Ctrl+Alt+Del twice and get the WIN2k logon
box and manualy enter the username and password.
Click to expand...

Hitting Ctrl+Alt+Del twice didn't do anything. Once, of course, got me the
Task Manager. On the Users tab only the Administrator is listed.

If I go to the Shut Down menu option and select Switch User, only the
Administrator is listed.

If I log off Administrator the only account I can log back into is
Administrator.

I have XP Pro.

Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).
 
D

Don Wiss

Sounds like you have lost "Don" on the welcome screen?

If this is the case you can hit Ctrl+Alt+Del twice and get the WIN2k logon
box and manualy enter the username and password.
Click to expand...

Okay. I got a login screen by hitting Ctrl+Alt+Del when on the screen that
lists the users. I put in Don (no password) and it didn't work. So I put in
Administrator (no password) and I'm back on.

I could create a new account name and then rename the Don directory
structure to this. Probably have to do this in safe mode, but even then I
may not be able to.

I could do a system restore, though I haven't found just where this feature
is hidden. I'll do some searching and look for it.

Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).
 
D

Don Wiss

Sounds like you have lost "Don" on the welcome screen?

If this is the case you can hit Ctrl+Alt+Del twice and get the WIN2k logon
box and manualy enter the username and password.
Click to expand...

I have gone ahead and done a system restore. The problem had something to
do with changing the workgroup from OFFICE to WORKGROUP. But my manually
changing it back to OFFICE wasn't enough, so I did the restore.

I did have to go back four days, so now to figure out if anything needs to
be reset.

Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).
 
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Don Wiss

My bad, I read your post wrong. Beings that Workgroup is default, was there
a reason that you initially changed it to Office? Just wondering.....
Click to expand...

I don't remember. When I set things up 3 1/2 years ago I choose OFFICE. I
didn't know there was a default.

Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).
 

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