No user accounts in welcome screen

[Dick]

Here's a puzzler: My daughter's laptop (Compaq Presario
2100 running Windows XP Home) no longer shows any user
accounts in the friendly welcome screen -- so there's no
way to log in. Tried CTL-ALR-DEL twice to get the login
dialog, but it doesn't accept her username/password.

So, I tried booting in safe mode to get the Administrator
account. Alas, there are no account icons in the friendly
welcome screen in safe mode either! Tried CTL-ALT-DEL from
safe mode and typed Administrator/blank for
username/password to no avail. Tried a variety of
combinations of Administrator and Guest (upper and lower
case, etc.) and guesses at the password.

Is it possible that all accounts are disabled (e.g.
someone tried hacking in with wrong password too many
times)??

Have already read Q297221, Q283198, Q292742, Q281798, etc.

Thanks in advance for your assistance. Remember that I
can't get past the login screen, so please don't suggest
anything that uses Start/Run, Control Panel, Regedit, etc.

 

[Pat Garard]

I'm only guessing BUT.....
Is darling Daughter old enough to have changed the Administrator
password, AND deleted her own account??
If/When you get out of this fix (You may have to re-install Windows)
please log in as 'Administrator', change the damn password, and
make a note of it somewhere SAFE!
--
Hope this helps!

Pat Garard
Australia
apgarardATbigpondDOTnetDOTau

"One look is worth a thousand rumours."
Wen Hou, Warring States Period.

"Look twice!"
Pat Garard, 2003.