Can't Log On!

LL2007 wrote:
> When booting up my home PC, it used to go to a Welcome screen where it
> would
> display my account and my roommates account. Apparently she has done
> something to it, so now when it boots up it goes to the generic Microsoft
> log
> on screen. It gives no user accounts and I am unable to log on. The
> default
> user name that shows up is HP Owner. Is there anyway to bypass this so I
> can
> get into the machine to restore the welcome screen option?

Type in your username. If it used to say "Shenan Stanley" on the welcome
screen - type in "Shenan Stanley" (sans the quotes) in the username field
and type the password you used in the password field (leave it empty if you
used none.

If your account was an administrative account - go into the control panel
and user accounts and 'Change the way users log on'.

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LL2007 wrote:
> Yes, I tried this and I still got the "The system cannot log you
> on" error. I am the administrator of the PC. I believe she was
> trying to delete her account and just use mine, but somehow managed
> to disable the Welcome screen. Should I be able to see my account
> if I reboot in safe mode?

You really don't have to logon as you if you reboot in Safe Mode. In fact -
reboot into Safe Mode, log in as 'administrator' and manage the user
accounts from there. (Control panel --> User Accounts and/or Start
button --> RUN --> control userpasswords2 --> OK)

You MAY be able to turn the welcome screen back on - but if you cannot - you
can at least see what user accounts still exist and discover their actual
usernames.

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MS-MVP
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