You should be able to recover by logging on as System Administrator. If you are using XP Home Edition, boot to Safe Mode. The procedure can be done in Normal Mode with XP Professional.
At the welcome screen press Ctrl-Alt-Delete twice. Enter
Administrator as the user name and leave the password block blank (it should be null by default). If you are able to log on you can go to User Accounts and make any changes necessary.
When I tried this, I receive a message stating that this account is disabled. It was disabled from the Computer Management sheet. I also tried booting in Safe Mode, but no accounts were available. I am using XP pro. I am going to try connecting to another XP machine with a direct connect cable, see if that works. Any other ideas? Thanks -Sawyer
Denny Denham
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June 28th, 2004 01:00
You should be able to recover by logging on as System Administrator. If you are using XP Home Edition, boot to Safe Mode. The procedure can be done in Normal Mode with XP Professional.
At the welcome screen press Ctrl-Alt-Delete twice. Enter Administrator as the user name and leave the password block blank (it should be null by default). If you are able to log on you can go to User Accounts and make any changes necessary.
sawyerbrown
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June 28th, 2004 02:00
When I tried this, I receive a message stating that this account is disabled. It was disabled from the Computer Management sheet. I also tried booting in Safe Mode, but no accounts were available. I am using XP pro. I am going to try connecting to another XP machine with a direct connect cable, see if that works. Any other ideas? Thanks -Sawyer