post install, windows boots, no users at welcome screen

[Guest]

windows installed fine (XP pro), and I was working on it yesterday. I'd
turned off fast user switching but left the welcome screen active. I set the
admin account to be visible and disabled the other account I'd made during
install. Now when booting it arrives at the welcome screen, shows the
windows logo, and lists no users. I'm kinda stuck at this point, because
trying to boot into safe-mode in any form puts me at a welcome screen to
login.

I need a way to either bypass the welcome screen without being loged in
first (even bringing up the login dialog would be fine), or a way to change
the logon settings from a posix-based boot CD (knoppix in this case).

I'm open to suggestions.

 

[Guest]

Press control , alt , delete twice and you should get a login box that will
allow you to login as the local administrator account you set. Hope this
helps.

DS.

 

[Guest]

I've tried this already. I get the impression that widows is confused about
not having any users to display.

Further information after experimenting: no key or or set of keys appear to
have any effect upon the system once it reaches the welcon screen. The
mounse seems fully operational, there's just nothing to click. There is no
disk activity once this screen has loaded.

Most useful answer to me right now would be a system file I can edit to
disable the welcome screen.

 

[gs]

no good suggestion but you can try
boot in safe mode and see you can get in, if you do, create another user
/admin.

windows do expect at least on other active user other than administrator



Failing to login on safe boot, try windows repair.


good luck