Administrator trouble

[u.wascalwabbit]

Hi all. Last night I completely screwed up my computer somehow. I was
trying to set up a network between my living room computer and my
bedroom laptop. Somehow through trying to set up this network on my
living room computer (giving the network a name, and so forth), I
think I created a new user account. When I finished the network setup,
windows prompted me to restart my computer, which I did. When my
computer rebooted, it would only let me log on with the name I gave
for the network, which is Leahcim. Leahcim was not one of the user
accounts on this computer. Now I can only log in or off as Leahcim and
shut down my computer. It will not let me switch users, saying I have
to have an Administrator's account. When I try to do anything, system
restore, change anything, it says I have to have an Administrator's
account. It won't let me do anything. How can I get my real user
accounts back?

 

[u.wascalwabbit]

Hi all. Last night I completely screwed up my computer somehow. I was
trying to set up a network between my living room computer and my
bedroom laptop. Somehow through trying to set up this network on my
living room computer (giving the network a name, and so forth), I
think I created a new user account. When I finished the network setup,
windows prompted me to restart my computer, which I did. When my
computer rebooted, it would only let me log on with the name I gave
for the network, which is Leahcim. Leahcim was not one of the user
accounts on this computer. Now I can only log in or off as Leahcim and
shut down my computer. It will not let me switch users, saying I have
to have an Administrator's account. When I try to do anything, system
restore, change anything, it says I have to have an Administrator's
account. It won't let me do anything. How can I get my real user
accounts back?

I just tried to ctrl/alt/del and it gives me a screen I've never seen
before. My options are: lock computer, change password, log off, task
manager, shut down, cancel. When I choose log off, I go right back to
the login screen (which also looks completely different) where only
this new Leahcim account will work. None of the other three user
accounts/passwords (one of which is the Administrator account) will
work. Any ideas?

-Michael

 

[kim]

Boot into safe mode by tappin F8 as the computer boots and log in as
administrator and see what accounts are there.