lose my user account

[bill]

i have been reinstalling my system on my laptop.
Most of it is done. I just installed Nero.
When it rebooted my user account is gone.
It logs into the admin account automatically.
It used to log into my account automatically.
There was only admin and my account.
My account folders are still there, start menu, etc
When I look at users my account is gone.
If I try to create my account it says it already exists.

Obviously, the registry got hosed.

How do I fix it?????????????????/

thx

 

[Unknown]

If you reinstall your system you must reestablish the users.

 

[Malke]

i have been reinstalling my system on my laptop.
Most of it is done. I just installed Nero.
When it rebooted my user account is gone.
It logs into the admin account automatically.
It used to log into my account automatically.
There was only admin and my account.
My account folders are still there, start menu, etc
When I look at users my account is gone.
If I try to create my account it says it already exists.

Obviously, the registry got hosed.

No, the registry didn't get hosed. Or, I should say, it is extremely
unlikely that the registry got hosed. Since I don't know the reason you
reinstalled Windows - and if you are still seeing your stuff then you
didn't do a Clean Install but did a Repair Install instead - I can't give
you a definitive answer. Possibly your computer was infected and the base
operating system is still damaged. There's no way for me to know.

To boot into your account automatically:

Start>Run>controluserpasswords 2 [enter]

Uncheck the box that says "users must enter a password...". When you click
Apply you'll get a box that offers to log into a particular account
automatically. Change the user from Administrator (what it is now) and
enter your own user account's name and password (if you assigned one).

Malke

 

[bill]

OK, it did it again.
I did a TOTAL CLEAN install.
I was testing out a problem with the sleep.
When I install the video driver is allows the unit to sleep when the
lid is closed, BUT it won't wake up. It is not accessible via the
network either. Must power off and back on.
When I did that the last time it went into the mode described.
It logs into the default admin account when powered on - not my
account.
My account is not accessible, though the profile, start menu, etc. is
all there. If I try to create another My account it says it already
exists.

i have been reinstalling my system on my laptop.
Most of it is done. I just installed Nero.
When it rebooted my user account is gone
It logs into the admin account automatically.
It used to log into my account automatically.
There was only admin and my account.
My account folders are still there, start menu, etc
When I look at users my account is gone.
If I try to create my account it says it already exists.

Obviously, the registry got hosed.

No, the registry didn't get hosed. Or, I should say, it is extremely
unlikely that the registry got hosed. Since I don't know the reason you
reinstalled Windows - and if you are still seeing your stuff then you
didn't do a Clean Install but did a Repair Install instead - I can't give
you a definitive answer. Possibly your computer was infected and the base
operating system is still damaged. There's no way for me to know.

To boot into your account automatically:

Start>Run>controluserpasswords 2 [enter]

Uncheck the box that says "users must enter a password...". When you click
Apply you'll get a box that offers to log into a particular account
automatically. Change the user from Administrator (what it is now) and
enter your own user account's name and password (if you assigned one).

Malke

 

[bill]

another interesting thing.
all my system folders under my profile, the admin profile, and a new
user I created are missing.

APPLICATION DATA
LOCAL SETTINGS
DOWNLOADS
NETHOOD
PRINTHOOD
SENDTO
TEMPLATES

i have been reinstalling my system on my laptop.
Most of it is done. I just installed Nero.
When it rebooted my user account is gone.
It logs into the admin account automatically.
It used to log into my account automatically.
There was only admin and my account.
My account folders are still there, start menu, etc
When I look at users my account is gone.
If I try to create my account it says it already exists.

Obviously, the registry got hosed.

No, the registry didn't get hosed. Or, I should say, it is extremely
unlikely that the registry got hosed. Since I don't know the reason you
reinstalled Windows - and if you are still seeing your stuff then you
didn't do a Clean Install but did a Repair Install instead - I can't give
you a definitive answer. Possibly your computer was infected and the base
operating system is still damaged. There's no way for me to know.

To boot into your account automatically:

Start>Run>controluserpasswords 2 [enter]

Uncheck the box that says "users must enter a password...". When you click
Apply you'll get a box that offers to log into a particular account
automatically. Change the user from Administrator (what it is now) and
enter your own user account's name and password (if you assigned one).

Malke

 

[Malke]

OK, it did it again.
I did a TOTAL CLEAN install.
I was testing out a problem with the sleep.
When I install the video driver is allows the unit to sleep when the
lid is closed, BUT it won't wake up. It is not accessible via the
network either. Must power off and back on.
When I did that the last time it went into the mode described.
It logs into the default admin account when powered on - not my
account.
My account is not accessible, though the profile, start menu, etc. is
all there. If I try to create another My account it says it already
exists.

I'm quite sure we have some sort of communication difficulty here because
what you're writing doesn't make sense to me. Please provide:

1. The version of XP you have - XP Home, Pro, Media Center
2. The name of user accounts on the system. Get this by looking at
C:\Documents and Settings\[user accounts will be listed]

Malke

 

[Nightowl]

Hi Bill

Open a Command window and at the prompt type:

net user youraccountname

substituting the name of your account, of course.

The last couple of lines of the command output should include Local
Group Memberships, which will tell you to which group(s) the troublesome
account belongs. Can you post back and tell us what it says? I have a
theory it may have been moved to Guests, which would explain why you
don't see it.

--
Nightowl

OK, it did it again.
I did a TOTAL CLEAN install.
I was testing out a problem with the sleep.
When I install the video driver is allows the unit to sleep when the
lid is closed, BUT it won't wake up. It is not accessible via the
network either. Must power off and back on.
When I did that the last time it went into the mode described.
It logs into the default admin account when powered on - not my
account.
My account is not accessible, though the profile, start menu, etc. is
all there. If I try to create another My account it says it already
exists.

i have been reinstalling my system on my laptop.
Most of it is done. I just installed Nero.
When it rebooted my user account is gone
It logs into the admin account automatically.
It used to log into my account automatically.
There was only admin and my account.
My account folders are still there, start menu, etc
When I look at users my account is gone.
If I try to create my account it says it already exists.

Obviously, the registry got hosed.

No, the registry didn't get hosed. Or, I should say, it is extremely
unlikely that the registry got hosed. Since I don't know the reason you
reinstalled Windows - and if you are still seeing your stuff then you
didn't do a Clean Install but did a Repair Install instead - I can't give
you a definitive answer. Possibly your computer was infected and the base
operating system is still damaged. There's no way for me to know.

To boot into your account automatically:

Start>Run>controluserpasswords 2 [enter]

Uncheck the box that says "users must enter a password...". When you click
Apply you'll get a box that offers to log into a particular account
automatically. Change the user from Administrator (what it is now) and
enter your own user account's name and password (if you assigned one).

Malke

 

[Lem]

OK, it did it again.
I did a TOTAL CLEAN install.

You need be clear with thee terminology that you use:

1. A "Total Clean Install" means installing the operating system (e.g.,
Windows XP) *only* -- This procedure formats the hard drive and thus
effectively removes all data if the drive isn't already empty. Some
computers, particularly laptops, will need some hardware drivers
installed after a Clean Install in order to work properly. These can be
obtained either from a CD provided with your computer or from
appropriate web sites. When the Clean Install is done, the only thing on
the computer is the operating system -- no application programs and no
user data. There will be no user profiles until you create one.

2. A Windows "Repair Install" means the process whereby Windows XP
permits a reinstallation of the operating system while attempting to
leave applications, settings, and user data intact. If this works
correctly, Windows updates will have to be re-downloaded and installed,
but all of the user applications and data (including any malware
applications) should remain intact.

3. A "Factory Recovery" or "Restore" means the procedure provided by
many computer manufacturers where, instead of providing a Windows XP (or
Vista) CD (or DVD) along with the computer, a special partition has been
created on the hard drive. When this system is activated, typically by
pressing some key during the boot-up sequence, the hard drive is
formatted and the operating system (Windows) *plus* all of the
manufacturer-installed applications are restored. The computer should
look just as it did when you turned it on the very first time. If there
is a user profile, it is one pre-created by the manufacturer. Any
applications *you* installed, and all of your data, are no longer there.
--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

 

[bill]

Problem solved!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was trying to install a new drive into my laptop.

Turns out the drive has a serious seek problem that isn't related to
data.

Must be a mechanical issue.

anyway it is going back.

found it with SpinRite.
Seagate's tools don't even look for that kind of problem.

thanks

 

[bill]

LEM
I am VERY (actually TOOOO familiar with the terminology of which u
speak.

BUT that is not what I want to address.
The issue with losing my login turns out to have nothing to do with
the hard drive - though it is defective.

I went to system restore and found SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION SERVICE. I
restored and I got back my login.
I then rebooted and I was back to the original issue admin only login.

AND it generated a new admin user based on the original admin account.

I looked at SR again and there SDS was again.
Everytime I restored it came back and on reboot I have the same issue.
It also installs a new admin account, of which I have three now - I
deleted them.

I found an OLD 2006 post re this issue and managed to stop
VERCLSID.EXE and have turned off Auto Updates.

This thing has caused more weird problems for people that I now FEAR
AUTO UPDATES and this crazed SDS. This is worse than ANY virus I have
had.

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I have never had this problem before. It is not on my desktop.
Both are running SP3.
Both have Outpost firewall and NOD32 antivirus - same versions
All drivers are current for both.
the desktop runs with AU on as did the laptop prior to my system
reinstall. There were some weird things happening with the laptop
prior, but they were not significant.

MUST I LIVE IN FEAR OR IS THERE A FIX????????????

 

[bill]

Well it seems like I spoke too soon.
I just rebooted and it is back

there seems to be nothing I can do to get rid of it.

verclsid is still = to verclsid.old

AU is still off

I have not connected to the internet.

Everytime it boots it creates anothe admin account and logs into that
and I cannot switch users because MY account doesn't appear.
All my doc & setting are there but I am not a user.

restoring brings things back until I reboot.

another clean install I guess.

but I have done that 5 times now and the same thing occurs.


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