User accounts missing?

[hafunui]

I was playing around with the account types (i entered somthing in "run" control user accounts2 or something). it's a bunch of options for user account. and i noticed that there were admins, resticted, and standard account types, and everyone, except the admin file, was restricted. so i set one to standard to see what would happen, i didn't realy like some of the restrictions other accounts had. It came up with an error, i tried another account, same thing. so i gave up on that. but those two accounts were no longer on the welcome sceen, so i went to change the two back to restricted, but they werent on that list either.

If i try to create another profile using the same name, I get an error saying that it already exists.

The files from those accounts still exist though.

What can i do to fix this problem?

Thanks

 

[timroop]

The accounts could have been disabled.

> Click on Start
> "Right-click" My Computer and then click Manage
> Expand the Local Users and Groups in the left pane
> Click Users.

Disabled accounts have a big red X in them

To enable the account

> Double click the user
> Clear the "Account is disabled" check box


Tim Roop
"If you can do something about it, why waste time getting upset? If you can't do anything about it, why bother getting upset on top of it? -Shantideva

 

[bcastner]

Start, Run, control userpasswords2

This brings up, among other things, access to the Local User and Group tool, which can be accessed directly by a Start, Run, lusrmgr.msc

Warning: Use of control userpasswords2 under XP Home can so screw up things that a reinstallation of XP Home may be necessary. It is a "bug" that lusrmgr.msc appears under control Userpassword2 in XP Home.

Download and install TweakUI from Microsoft:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Use the Logon section to re-enable the accounts.