Guest Daddio Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Two instances of logging onto my computer has started happening: 1) I had Administrator and only Guest (Guest Off) and then all of a sudden another user account appeared all without passwords. 2) The I booted up and this time the Administrator was gone leaving this other user account and only Guest (Guest Off) all without passwords. All of this disrupted my ability to log on to the administrator side of the computer rendering the computer useless as none of my administrator side programs appeared. I went throught every possible step to recover this issue, except System Restore in hopes of finding another solution. Lastly this is XP Professional version/ SP2 and also I thought under normal circumstances you could not remove or delete the administrator account. Any help welcomed - TIA/Daddio
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: User Accounts Issue "Daddio" <Daddio@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DC844DBF-06D3-475D-849C-E7EBA14C3815@microsoft.com... > Two instances of logging onto my computer has started happening: > > 1) I had Administrator and only Guest (Guest Off) and then all of a sudden > another user account appeared all without passwords. > > 2) The I booted up and this time the Administrator was gone leaving this > other user account and only Guest (Guest Off) all without passwords. > > All of this disrupted my ability to log on to the administrator side of > the > computer rendering the computer useless as none of my administrator side > programs appeared. > > I went throught every possible step to recover this issue, except System > Restore in hopes of finding another solution. > > Lastly this is XP Professional version/ SP2 and also I thought under > normal > circumstances you could not remove or delete the administrator account. > > Any help welcomed - TIA/Daddio Have another look - it is not possible to delete the administrator account.
Guest Daddio Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: User Accounts Issue Thanks I thought so "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > > "Daddio" <Daddio@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:DC844DBF-06D3-475D-849C-E7EBA14C3815@microsoft.com... > > Two instances of logging onto my computer has started happening: > > > > 1) I had Administrator and only Guest (Guest Off) and then all of a sudden > > another user account appeared all without passwords. > > > > 2) The I booted up and this time the Administrator was gone leaving this > > other user account and only Guest (Guest Off) all without passwords. > > > > All of this disrupted my ability to log on to the administrator side of > > the > > computer rendering the computer useless as none of my administrator side > > programs appeared. > > > > I went throught every possible step to recover this issue, except System > > Restore in hopes of finding another solution. > > > > Lastly this is XP Professional version/ SP2 and also I thought under > > normal > > circumstances you could not remove or delete the administrator account. > > > > Any help welcomed - TIA/Daddio > > Have another look - it is not possible to delete the administrator account. > > >
Guest Doug Knox - [MS-MVP] Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: User Accounts Issue What is the name on the other account? If its ASP.NET this account is created when you install the .NET Framework. Additionally, when another user account is created, besides the Administrator and Guest accounts, the Administrator account is automatically hidden, not deleted. And as you can see, its a bad idea to run using the built-in Administrator account for day to day use. If something happens to the user profile and it can't be logged on, you're screwed. For XP Pro: Press CTRL-ALT-DEL twice at the Welcome Screen, with no other users logged on. You'll get the older logon dialog. Enter Administrator and any password that you have set for that account. To enable the Administrator account on the new Windows XP logon screen in Windows XP Pro, visit my web site, http://www.dougknox.com and go to the Windows XP Utilities section. Follow the link for Enable Administrator Account ...... This small VB application will make the registry change necessary for the Administrator account to be available on the Welcome Screen. If you prefer to do it manually, click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList\ Note: There is a space between Windows and NT in the above Key. Add the Administrator account if necessary and/or change the Administrator value to 1 For XP Home, you can only log into the built in Administrator account in Safe Mode, so the fixes above will be of little use. -- Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com -------------------------------- Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. "Daddio" <Daddio@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DC844DBF-06D3-475D-849C-E7EBA14C3815@microsoft.com... > Two instances of logging onto my computer has started happening: > > 1) I had Administrator and only Guest (Guest Off) and then all of a sudden > another user account appeared all without passwords. > > 2) The I booted up and this time the Administrator was gone leaving this > other user account and only Guest (Guest Off) all without passwords. > > All of this disrupted my ability to log on to the administrator side of > the > computer rendering the computer useless as none of my administrator side > programs appeared. > > I went throught every possible step to recover this issue, except System > Restore in hopes of finding another solution. > > Lastly this is XP Professional version/ SP2 and also I thought under > normal > circumstances you could not remove or delete the administrator account. > > Any help welcomed - TIA/Daddio
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