It's the only thing in Control Panel which will not open - and I need to
reactivate the password on an account.

How can I get my User Accounts link back... ?

nokomis wrote:
> It's the only thing in Control Panel which will not open - and I
> need to reactivate the password on an account.
>
> How can I get my User Accounts link back... ?

Work-around...
Start button --> RUN --> control userpasswords2 --> OK
From there you can reset the passwords/etc.

What error do you get? Anything in your even log when you try?

How To View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/308427

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When I got to the User Accounts by your method, the 'Reset Password' button
is greyed out.Whenf I do the Ctrl-Alt-Del, as it instructs, it opens the Task
Manager - where I do not see anything to do with Passwords... :-)

I tried another suggestion to reset registry and got the following 2 notes:

RegSvr32 mshtml.dll loaded but DllRegisterServer entry point not found.
File can't be registered.

DllRegisterServer failed in themeui.dll Return code 0x80004005

I tried doing sfc /scannow, and inserting my original XP disk but that did
not repair it. Should I try it with the XP 2 disk... ?

Thanks for your help... :-)

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> nokomis wrote:
> > It's the only thing in Control Panel which will not open - and I
> > need to reactivate the password on an account.
> >
> > How can I get my User Accounts link back... ?
>
> Work-around...
> Start button --> RUN --> control userpasswords2 --> OK
> From there you can reset the passwords/etc.
>
> What error do you get? Anything in your even log when you try?
>
> How To View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/KB/308427
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

nokomis wrote:
> It's the only thing in Control Panel which will not open - and I
> need to reactivate the password on an account.
>
> How can I get my User Accounts link back... ?

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Work-around...
> Start button --> RUN --> control userpasswords2 --> OK
> From there you can reset the passwords/etc.
>
> What error do you get? Anything in your even log when you try?
>
> How To View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/KB/308427

nokomis wrote:
> When I got to the User Accounts by your method, the 'Reset
> Password' button is greyed out.Whenf I do the Ctrl-Alt-Del, as it
> instructs, it opens the Task Manager - where I do not see anything
> to do with Passwords... :-)
>
> I tried another suggestion to reset registry and got the following
> 2 notes:
>
> RegSvr32 mshtml.dll loaded but DllRegisterServer entry point not
> found. File can't be registered.
>
> DllRegisterServer failed in themeui.dll Return code 0x80004005
>
> I tried doing sfc /scannow, and inserting my original XP disk but
> that did not repair it. Should I try it with the XP 2 disk... ?


Probably a stupid question - but you did *highlight* the user in the list
that you wish to change the password for before trying to press the "Reset
password" button - correct? (In my work-around..)

Assuming you might have looked through this thread and tried most of their
stuff?
http://www.neowin.net/forum/lofivers...p/t492641.html

JRosenfeld suggests a Doug Knox tool - and that is nearly never a bad bet.
=)
warwagon has an interesting method that might work for you near the end of
the thread...
If I think of anything else, I'll post back...
If you have more to add here that you have tried -- please post away!

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Also, do not see anything in the event logs...

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> nokomis wrote:
> > It's the only thing in Control Panel which will not open - and I
> > need to reactivate the password on an account.
> >
> > How can I get my User Accounts link back... ?
>
> Work-around...
> Start button --> RUN --> control userpasswords2 --> OK
> From there you can reset the passwords/etc.
>
> What error do you get? Anything in your even log when you try?
>
> How To View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/KB/308427
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

I did highlight the user...

The warwagon stuff did not work - run could not find cd rd or start in those
commands

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> nokomis wrote:
> > It's the only thing in Control Panel which will not open - and I
> > need to reactivate the password on an account.
> >
> > How can I get my User Accounts link back... ?
>
> Shenan Stanley wrote:
> > Work-around...
> > Start button --> RUN --> control userpasswords2 --> OK
> > From there you can reset the passwords/etc.
> >
> > What error do you get? Anything in your even log when you try?
> >
> > How To View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
> > http://support.microsoft.com/KB/308427
>
> nokomis wrote:
> > When I got to the User Accounts by your method, the 'Reset
> > Password' button is greyed out.Whenf I do the Ctrl-Alt-Del, as it
> > instructs, it opens the Task Manager - where I do not see anything
> > to do with Passwords... :-)
> >
> > I tried another suggestion to reset registry and got the following
> > 2 notes:
> >
> > RegSvr32 mshtml.dll loaded but DllRegisterServer entry point not
> > found. File can't be registered.
> >
> > DllRegisterServer failed in themeui.dll Return code 0x80004005
> >
> > I tried doing sfc /scannow, and inserting my original XP disk but
> > that did not repair it. Should I try it with the XP 2 disk... ?
>
>
> Probably a stupid question - but you did *highlight* the user in the list
> that you wish to change the password for before trying to press the "Reset
> password" button - correct? (In my work-around..)
>
> Assuming you might have looked through this thread and tried most of their
> stuff?
> http://www.neowin.net/forum/lofivers...p/t492641.html
>
> JRosenfeld suggests a Doug Knox tool - and that is nearly never a bad bet.
> =)
> warwagon has an interesting method that might work for you near the end of
> the thread...
> If I think of anything else, I'll post back...
> If you have more to add here that you have tried -- please post away!
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

nokomis wrote:
> I did highlight the user...
>
> The warwagon stuff did not work - run could not find cd rd or start
> in those commands

WHA?!

Those are basic Windows XP command line commands. CD is Change Directory
and has been around forever and in most OSes. RD is Remove Directory.
Start is newer - XP really - might have been around in 2000...

That has me a little shaken up.

Start button --> RUN --> CMD --> OK

At the command prompt, type:

ver

Press enter (copy/paste into notepad or something...)

Then type:

set >> c:\system.txt

Press enter.

In Windows Explorer, browse C:\ and open that file and copy/paste that here
along with the VER results. You can fudge the names of your users and
computer if you like - although it would really be of little use to most
people. What i am really interested in seeing is your PATH statement.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> nokomis wrote:
> > I did highlight the user...
> >
> > The warwagon stuff did not work - run could not find cd rd or start
> > in those commands
>
> WHA?!
>
> Those are basic Windows XP command line commands. CD is Change Directory
> and has been around forever and in most OSes. RD is Remove Directory.
> Start is newer - XP really - might have been around in 2000...
>
> That has me a little shaken up.
>
> Start button --> RUN --> CMD --> OK
>
> At the command prompt, type:
>
> ver
>
> Press enter (copy/paste into notepad or something...)
>
> Then type:
>
> set >> c:\system.txt
>
> Press enter.
>
> In Windows Explorer, browse C:\ and open that file and copy/paste that here
> along with the VER results. You can fudge the names of your users and
> computer if you like - although it would really be of little use to most
> people. What i am really interested in seeing is your PATH statement.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

A couple of other things:

The User Accounts WILL open from the Control Panel under the other user
account on the computer - this is a limited account, so I cannot access my
profile.

The control useraccounts2 command does not give me the option to
'reactivate' my password - just reset it.

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> nokomis wrote:
> > I did highlight the user...
> >
> > The warwagon stuff did not work - run could not find cd rd or start
> > in those commands
>
> WHA?!
>
> Those are basic Windows XP command line commands. CD is Change Directory
> and has been around forever and in most OSes. RD is Remove Directory.
> Start is newer - XP really - might have been around in 2000...
>
> That has me a little shaken up.
>
> Start button --> RUN --> CMD --> OK
>
> At the command prompt, type:
>
> ver
>
> Press enter (copy/paste into notepad or something...)
>
> Then type:
>
> set >> c:\system.txt
>
> Press enter.
>
> In Windows Explorer, browse C:\ and open that file and copy/paste that here
> along with the VER results. You can fudge the names of your users and
> computer if you like - although it would really be of little use to most
> people. What i am really interested in seeing is your PATH statement.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

Yet another thing - I see this morning that I cannot access the Insert
Picture in my Outlook Express - can Insert File, but nothing happens when I
click on Insert Picture... :-(

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> nokomis wrote:
> > I did highlight the user...
> >
> > The warwagon stuff did not work - run could not find cd rd or start
> > in those commands
>
> WHA?!
>
> Those are basic Windows XP command line commands. CD is Change Directory
> and has been around forever and in most OSes. RD is Remove Directory.
> Start is newer - XP really - might have been around in 2000...
>
> That has me a little shaken up.
>
> Start button --> RUN --> CMD --> OK
>
> At the command prompt, type:
>
> ver
>
> Press enter (copy/paste into notepad or something...)
>
> Then type:
>
> set >> c:\system.txt
>
> Press enter.
>
> In Windows Explorer, browse C:\ and open that file and copy/paste that here
> along with the VER results. You can fudge the names of your users and
> computer if you like - although it would really be of little use to most
> people. What i am really interested in seeing is your PATH statement.
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>