HELP!!!!!

[kelele]

I accidentally disabled all the user accounts in Windows XP. Now I'm locked out of my computer! After it boots up, it does not display any user names to select, like it usually did. When I press Ctrl-Alt-Del, it bring up the login window like in Win 2000, however none of my username-passoword combinations work.
What can I do??

 

[SQLBill]

which version of XP are you using (Home or Pro)?

here's two things to try regardless of the above:

1. try logging in as administrator....did you set an administrator password? If not, try leaving it blank...

login: adminstrator
password: whatever you assigned it or leave blank

2. try booting into safe mode and trying from there:

reboot and press F8 as the system is coming up (you might have to press F8 several times to get it at the right spot). If you can get into safe mode, you should be able to assign passwords to the other logins.

-Bill

 

[Hollandbrice]

We did the same thing ! I accidentally disabled all the user accounts in Windows XP Pro. Now I'm try logging in as administrator....tried seting an administrator password None fo The F8 Options work guest takes me right back to Password Fields. Pry-tell.

 

[linney]

You can reset your Administrator password by typing ....control userpasswords2......in the Run box and using the option in the resulting window.

 

[kelele]

Thanks linney. I'll go try this.

kelele