I cant logon to windows! No usernames, they've been disabled :(

scooby_dooby_doooo · #1 (**permalink**) 19-07-2006, 10:35 AM

Ive been having a fiddle with my computer and tried setting it up so that instead of having to logon each time i start it up, it just goes straight onto the desktop. So i disabled the username i use to logon and turned the PC off. When i turned it back on i got the 'logon to windows' screen again but now i dont have an account to click on as i disabled it

I thought by disabling the account it would go straight onto windows but it didnt, now i cant get on at all because there is no username to click on!!! A friend told me to start the PC in 'Safe Mode' but that didn't work i just got the same screen again but just bigger.

Anyone got any ideas how to get me onto my desktop? Also once on my desktop how to i get rid of the logon screen so that i can go straight to windows without logging on each time i turn the damn thing on?

Thanks in advance!

Oh.... just one more thing...... For some reason (when i can actually get onto windows!) i can only select 16bit colour and 800x600 pixel screen! Why? It used to be on 'True Colour' and 1280x1024 pixels when i first got it!

Thanks again..... this site is a lifesaver!!! WONDERFUL

scooby_dooby_doooo · #2 (**permalink**) 19-07-2006, 08:22 PM

Can anyone help me????

brain_damage · #3 (**permalink**) 19-07-2006, 11:04 PM

can you try

Click Start on the Windows taskbar, and then click Run.

In the Open box, type: control userpasswords2

then click OK.

In the dialog box that appears,
You'll see: "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" check box.
Enabled will require users to logon, disabling will make XP automatically logon to the Administrator account.

scooby_dooby_doooo · #4 (**permalink**) 20-07-2006, 09:29 AM

Thanks for that idea but the thing is i cannot get onto the desltop to click the start menu!

All i have when i turn on the PC is, after loading up, a blue screen with the XP logo on, a power off/restart button in the left bottom corner and the words 'Please select a username to continue'.

This is the trouble, there are no usernames to click on! I pressed 'cntrl-alt-del' twice to restart but a username/password dialog box appeared. I entered my details and i got the message 'Your account has been disabled please contact your administrator' which is stupid because i am the administrator!!!

brain_damage · #5 (**permalink**) 20-07-2006, 11:52 AM

you get the same in safe mode, when you try to get to safe mode do you get a choice of last good configuration?

scooby_dooby_doooo · #6 (**permalink**) 20-07-2006, 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brain_damage

you get the same in safe mode, when you try to get to safe mode do you get a choice of last good configuration?

Yeh i tried in safe mode and i tried the last good config. start and still the same. Infact i tried everything on the F8 menu, even debugger mode and VGA mode (not a clue what they do) and it still remains the same!

It seems really stupid of Microsoft to allow something like this without a warning. I assumed that disabling the accounts it would go straight onto a default guest account!?!?

Is there not a universal account i can get onto or something?

brain_damage · #7 (**permalink**) 20-07-2006, 02:17 PM

the only universal account I can think of is the administors account in safe mode.

have you tried a repair instalation of XP?

scooby_dooby_doooo · #8 (**permalink**) 20-07-2006, 02:32 PM

No. I dont have the XP disc, i bought the PC with it pre-installed. Is there not another option as XP costs around £110 doesn't it?

brain_damage · #9 (**permalink**) 20-07-2006, 02:58 PM

where did you get the machine from did they not give you a recovery disc?

scooby_dooby_doooo · #10 (**permalink**) 20-07-2006, 04:03 PM

Well i actually bought it from a chemical works. A friend of mine works there and they were doing away with desktops for laptops, all i got was the tower, monitor, mouse and kbd. Office and windowsXP was already installed on it, i got no disks or anything, just the computer.

Will i definatley need the recovery disks? i dont have them but will i be able to download them or is there any other alternatives?

This seems like its going to be a problem to get around, why would MS allow this to happen..... fools. Well..... thanks for your help, anymore would be appreciated!