All user accounts disabled > I am locked out of my computer

[Harshil]

I was just trying to get rid of the welcome screen that appears
everyone windows xp start, so I disabled ALL the accounts (including
administrator & guest account) in Administrative Tools > Computer
Management > Local Users and Groups > Users
I showed 3 accounts: One in my name, another "Administrator" and third
one "Guest". I disabled all of them. Ofcourse, i was unaware of the
consequences.

When I rebooted the pc, the windows xp welcome screen appeared but it
did not show any accounts (i.e. I did not have any account to click
to). I also tried pressing CLT + ALT + DEL twice to get the window
where Username and Account password are to be typed but it doesnt work.
It says that "Your account has been disabled. Please Contact System
Administrator"
(Even the administrator account give that message). I tried typing
everything... my username, administrator, guest, etc but nothing works.
Looks like I am locked out of my PC.

Can anyone help me out with this? Is there any way I can get to my
desktop or control panel without losing my private data so that I can
once again enable the accounts?

BTW, I tried in safe mode too and the same thing happens.

(I did not have a password in any of my accounts)

Please help me get out of this...

Thanks,
Harshil

 

[Ron Martell]

I was just trying to get rid of the welcome screen that appears
everyone windows xp start, so I disabled ALL the accounts (including
administrator & guest account) in Administrative Tools > Computer
Management > Local Users and Groups > Users
I showed 3 accounts: One in my name, another "Administrator" and third
one "Guest". I disabled all of them. Ofcourse, i was unaware of the
consequences.

When I rebooted the pc, the windows xp welcome screen appeared but it
did not show any accounts (i.e. I did not have any account to click
to). I also tried pressing CLT + ALT + DEL twice to get the window
where Username and Account password are to be typed but it doesnt work.
It says that "Your account has been disabled. Please Contact System
Administrator"
(Even the administrator account give that message). I tried typing
everything... my username, administrator, guest, etc but nothing works.
Looks like I am locked out of my PC.

Can anyone help me out with this? Is there any way I can get to my
desktop or control panel without losing my private data so that I can
once again enable the accounts?

BTW, I tried in safe mode too and the same thing happens.

(I did not have a password in any of my accounts)

Please help me get out of this...

I think that at this point your only option is to try a Repair Install
of your Windows XP as per the instructions at
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm


Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
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Syberfix Remote Computer Repair

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