Just installed Windows XP. Wasn't working quite as quickly
as it should. I found out that the only user
was "corrupt". Decided to re-boot. Since then I can no
longer log into windows as there are no users (not even
guest) I can choose. The area is completely blank and no
error message appears. Any other solution possible than
having to re-install? Thanks.

For XP Pro, press CTRL-ALT-DEL twice at the Welcome Screen and you'll get the old Win2K style logon. Enter Administrator and any password that you set on that account at setup.

For XP Home, you must boot the computer into Safe Mode to access the built in Adminstrator account.


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"yana" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:032601c3d6e2$f5d3fe90$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Just installed Windows XP. Wasn't working quite as quickly
> as it should. I found out that the only user
> was "corrupt". Decided to re-boot. Since then I can no
> longer log into windows as there are no users (not even
> guest) I can choose. The area is completely blank and no
> error message appears. Any other solution possible than
> having to re-install? Thanks.

i am having the same problem, and ctrl alt delete does nothing. Any ideas what might be causeing it, or how to get around this

----- Doug Knox MS-MVP wrote: ----

For XP Pro, press CTRL-ALT-DEL twice at the Welcome Screen and you'll get the old Win2K style logon. Enter Administrator and any password that you set on that account at setup

For XP Home, you must boot the computer into Safe Mode to access the built in Adminstrator account


--
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows XP/ Windows Smart Displa
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixe
http://www.dougknox.co
-------------------------------
Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pr
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.ht
-------------------------------
Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit
Unsolicited e-mail is not answered

"yana" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:032601c3d6e2$f5d3fe90$(E-Mail Removed)..
> Just installed Windows XP. Wasn't working quite as quickly
> as it should. I found out that the only user
> was "corrupt". Decided to re-boot. Since then I can no
> longer log into windows as there are no users (not even
> guest) I can choose. The area is completely blank and no
> error message appears. Any other solution possible than
> having to re-install? Thanks