Strange Boot

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Dan McLinn

I'm trying to help a friend whose laptop accidentaly got
left on until the battery went dead. She switched
batteries but the Laptop (it uses XP Home), now boots to
her desk top picture for about 2 seconds and then goes to
what looks like the XP log on screen. Trouble is there are
no accounts to choose to log on with nor any other
buttons. It just sets there now matter what I do. I have
tried last known good, and trying to get to the command
line (by pressing F8) but it just ignores me and goes
through the above routine. Any help will be appreciated.
 
Try this:

Press F8 during the boot process. Select Safe Mode. You should get a
log-on screen with an administrator account enabled. Once you are in,
go to Control Panel - User Accounts and you should be able to fix /
setup user account.

John Allen
 
Tried this fix. When I select Safe Mode, it goes to the
same screen as before. The screen looks like a normal XP
login screen but doesn't have any accounts (not even an
administrator account)and no other on screen buttons.
 
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