Guest Wolfie301 Posted September 1, 2008 Posted September 1, 2008 I was trying to clear a boot.vbs virus and the instructions told me to go to the registry and delete data files from the winlogon folder. I did this then rebooted and when the machine got to the logon screen it does not recognise any accounts or passwords, they seem to have been deleted. How can i get into the system? it boots fine but i have no account details to get past the logon screen. Regards all,
Guest Ron Badour Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 Re: Winlogon problems Tap the F8 key during the boot and when the menu appears, try the: last known good configuration. -- Regards Ron Badour MS MVP Windows Desktop Experience "Wolfie301" <Wolfie301@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E4316755-E408-4629-818B-C1AE4EB56639@microsoft.com... >I was trying to clear a boot.vbs virus and the instructions told me to go >to > the registry and delete data files from the winlogon folder. I did this > then > rebooted and when the machine got to the logon screen it does not > recognise > any accounts or passwords, they seem to have been deleted. How can i get > into the system? it boots fine but i have no account details to get past > the > logon screen. > Regards all,
Guest Wolfie301 Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 Re: Winlogon problems I tried this first and safe mode but they both require logon details which i think i have deleted "Ron Badour" wrote: > Tap the F8 key during the boot and when the menu appears, try the: last > known good configuration. > > -- > Regards > > Ron Badour > MS MVP > Windows Desktop Experience > > > "Wolfie301" <Wolfie301@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:E4316755-E408-4629-818B-C1AE4EB56639@microsoft.com... > >I was trying to clear a boot.vbs virus and the instructions told me to go > >to > > the registry and delete data files from the winlogon folder. I did this > > then > > rebooted and when the machine got to the logon screen it does not > > recognise > > any accounts or passwords, they seem to have been deleted. How can i get > > into the system? it boots fine but i have no account details to get past > > the > > logon screen. > > Regards all, > > >
Guest Nightowl Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 Re: Winlogon problems Wolfie301 <Wolfie301@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on Mon, 1 Sep 2008: >I was trying to clear a boot.vbs virus and the instructions told me to go to >the registry and delete data files from the winlogon folder. I did this then >rebooted and when the machine got to the logon screen it does not recognise >any accounts or passwords, they seem to have been deleted. How can i get >into the system? it boots fine but i have no account details to get past the >logon screen. >Regards all, Hello Wolfie Have you tried logging in using the built-in Administrator account? You don't say if you have XP Pro or Home. If Pro: at the Welcome Screen press Ctrl-Alt-Del twice and you should get a login box pop up. Enter Administrator as the username; by default the password is blank. If you have Home, you'll need to boot to Safe Mode and should see the Admin account as a choice on the Welcome Screen. If you don't, again try Ctrl-Alt-Del twice as above and see if you can get into the system. -- Nightowl
Guest Wolfie301 Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 Re: Winlogon problems I have managed to do a system restore from the pc's recovery disk so thanks to all that have contributed to my problem "Nightowl" wrote: > Wolfie301 <Wolfie301@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on Mon, 1 Sep > 2008: > > >I was trying to clear a boot.vbs virus and the instructions told me to go to > >the registry and delete data files from the winlogon folder. I did this then > >rebooted and when the machine got to the logon screen it does not recognise > >any accounts or passwords, they seem to have been deleted. How can i get > >into the system? it boots fine but i have no account details to get past the > >logon screen. > >Regards all, > > Hello Wolfie > > Have you tried logging in using the built-in Administrator account? > > You don't say if you have XP Pro or Home. If Pro: at the Welcome Screen > press Ctrl-Alt-Del twice and you should get a login box pop up. Enter > Administrator as the username; by default the password is blank. > > If you have Home, you'll need to boot to Safe Mode and should see the > Admin account as a choice on the Welcome Screen. If you don't, again try > Ctrl-Alt-Del twice as above and see if you can get into the system. > > -- > Nightowl >
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