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).
 
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.
 
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).
 
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).
 
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).
 
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.....
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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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