Guest Atom Posted June 12, 2008 Posted June 12, 2008 In my attempt to stop having to log in to my XP Home Edition Machine I deleted all users except the administrator and left the user must enter a user name and password to use this computer option selected. Now when the computer boots up it goes to the welcome window/logon screen and sits there with no user button waiting for me to select something that isn't there. I can't get into my system. My only option is to shut down. How do I fix this problem?
Guest Malke Posted June 12, 2008 Posted June 12, 2008 Re: Deleted User and left welcome window login selected and can't acce Atom wrote: > In my attempt to stop having to log in to my XP Home Edition Machine I > deleted all users except the administrator and left the user must enter a > user name and password to use this computer option selected. Now when the > computer boots up it goes to the welcome window/logon screen and sits > there with no user button waiting for me to select something that isn't > there. I can't get into my system. My only option is to shut down. How do > I fix this problem? Do Ctrl-Alt-Del twice at the Welcome Screen to get the classic logon box. Type in the name of your user account and password. Once in, go to the User Accounts applet in Control Panel and make adjustments accordingly. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers http://www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic!
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted June 12, 2008 Posted June 12, 2008 Re: Deleted User and left welcome window login selected and can't acce "Atom" <Atom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C4E31A38-3522-4EFC-82BA-1FD48B3AB90F@microsoft.com... > In my attempt to stop having to log in to my XP Home Edition Machine I > deleted all users except the administrator and left the user must enter a > user name and password to use this computer option selected. Now when the > computer boots up it goes to the welcome window/logon screen and sits > there > with no user button waiting for me to select something that isn't there. I > can't get into my system. My only option is to shut down. How do I fix > this > problem? By default, in XP Home, you can only log into the Administrator account in Safe Mode. So if you deleted all the other user accounts, the behavour you see - a welcome screen with no users - would be expected. Power down and restart, pressing F8 to get the Safe Mode screen, and then you will see Administrator on the Welcome screen. The default password is blank (press Enter). Then, you cna create new users and start in regular mode. You will *always* have to log into XP, it's the nature of the system. You can get it to *appear* that you don't, by setting a blank password (not recommended), or using a couple of tweaks to save the password and autologging into a specific account. But even then, you still technically have to log into an account. HTH -pk
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