**SOLVED** WinXP SP Login

[spectecx]

A friends PC used to have three user accounts for the XP logon screen.

Went like this, select username and enter password (was on left side of screen for 3 users. Each had own username, password and picture. (was on right side of screen

Now her logon screen just says select name to begin (on the left hand side).

But on the right hand side whereshe would select the user, there is nothing. No name, or pic or password box.

I cant bring up anything, even if I left/right click, mouse over the area. Hitting the enter key brings up the shutdown options.


At the F8 Options screen, I have tried the option to bring up the PC in "Last known good configuration" or setting that worked, which does nothing.
I can bring it up in safe mode with networking, but I cannot not fix the accounts. I cant get on the net.

Anyone ever experience this? Can you please help me out?

Specs are : CPU: Intel® Celeron® D 330 Processor
Operates at 2.66GHz
256KB L2 cache & 533MHz FSB

Operating System: Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Home XP2
all updates, nothing recent
Chipset: Intel® 845GV chipset
Memory: 256MB DDR (PC 2700)

Hard Drive: 60GB HDD
Optical Drive: 48x Max. CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive
Video: Intel® Extreme Graphics 3D
64MB Shared memory
Sound: AC '97 Audio
Network: Intel® PRO 10/100Mbps built-in Ethernet
Modem: 56K ITU v.92-ready Fax/Modem

I have the restore DVD from Emachines, put cant wipe out the drive yet. She never backed anything up, (She did not know the importance)

Any Ideas, clues?

Thank you

J

 

[forsakenseraph]

Try hitting CTRL-ALT-DEL-DEL and see if a log-in windows appears. If it does, I guess you could log in that way, otherwise, I have no idea.

 

[spectecx]

thanks forsakenseraph, I got the other creen, but got this erro message:

The system could not log you on, make sure your user name and domain are correct, then type your password. Letters and passwords must be typed using the correct case.

 

[forsakenseraph]

Hmm... when you do get into safe mode, can you do anything with accounts such as change them or try to create a new one?
If you can, try creating a new account and see if you can log in from that account.

Otherwise, I think you may have some corrupted file or a confilct between some programs

 

[spectecx]

Originally posted by: forsakenseraph
Hmm... when you do get into safe mode, can you do anything with accounts such as change them or try to create a new one?
If you can, try creating a new account and see if you can log in from that account.

Otherwise, I think you may have some corrupted file or a confilct between some programs

hey Foresaken..., thanks here is what I did:

1. Got the PC into Safe Mode with Networking.
2. Had her go to Start/Accessories/System Tools/System Restore.
3. She picked a Restore Point from 3 days earlier and everything worked out good.

I have her now saving all her imp. crap on CD. so she can restore the whole POS PC.

I will edit the title of this thread to solved.

Thanks foresaken...