XP logging on user problem

[DianeInOz]

Please help!
I turned on my desktop, which runs windows XP, and got to the screen that says "to begin, click your user name" - the problem is that there are no user names to click! I tried running in safe mode and I tried to start with "last known good configuration" and anything I have done just takes me back to the same user screen that has no users. I don't know how to get anywhere to even try anything else!
Please, if anyone has any idea what I should do, please let me know. I am stuck without my desktop.
Thanks,
Diane

 

[TheMajor]

at the login screen press CTRL-ALT-DEL. and enter your username and password manually. then go to user settings and see if you can change anything there

 

[TheMajor]

oops forgot... u have to press CTRL-ALT-DEL twice to get to the manual login screen.

 

[DianeInOz]

I don't have a password set. The manual login tells me to check my domain name...

 

[TheMajor]

Type "Administrator" as username. Probably without password. And try to change the user options from that account.

 

[DianeInOz]

I get the same results when I use "administrator" as the user name. I tried it when I start it normally and when I start it in safe mode.

Any other ideas to get in the back door?

 

[jcline]

On the login screen is there an Options button? What are you logging in to? A domain or the local machine?

 

[derrmc]

Please help!
I turned on my desktop, which runs windows XP, and got to the screen that says "to begin, click your user name" - the problem is that there are no user names to click! I tried running in safe mode and I tried to start with "last known good configuration" and anything I have done just takes me back to the same user screen that has no users. I don't know how to get anywhere to even try anything else!
Please, if anyone has any idea what I should do, please let me know. I am stuck without my desktop.
Thanks,
Diane

reinstall

 

[MrWynd]

there is software to recover this though it's needed to be run on a linux system with the windows hard drive connected as a slave try looking around the internet for a windows NT/2000/XP password crack software. it comes as an ISO you have to burn to disk. If you dont have acess to a linux machine, it's reformat time!