User login issue

[John]

Hi

I installed vista. It asked me to enter a username at start and I chose
John. I then wanted to login as administrator but unlike xp I couldn't find
a way to make it display a login screen at start. So I deleted the user
john. When I logged off I did get the option to login as another user. I
tried Administrator and no password but that did not work. I then tried to
login as John but couldn't as this user is deleted. I am now stuck outside
vista unable to login. Is there any way to login or do I have to delete
vista and reinstall again?

Thanks

Regards

 

[Jon]

Hi

I installed vista. It asked me to enter a username at start and I chose
John. I then wanted to login as administrator but unlike xp I couldn't
find a way to make it display a login screen at start. So I deleted the
user john. When I logged off I did get the option to login as another
user. I tried Administrator and no password but that did not work. I then
tried to login as John but couldn't as this user is deleted. I am now
stuck outside vista unable to login. Is there any way to login or do I
have to delete vista and reinstall again?

Thanks

Regards

Sounds like a reinstall, but try the blank password for Administrator in
safe mode too.

 

[Jane C]

The first account that you create after install is a member of the
Administrators group. It will be your main account. The inbuilt
'Administrator' account is disabled by default.

 

[John]

So its a reinstall?

Regards

The first account that you create after install is a member of the
Administrators group. It will be your main account. The inbuilt
'Administrator' account is disabled by default.

 

[Guest]

So its a reinstall?

No, I believe someone else suggested trying the Administrator account from
Safe Mode - or try it from the recovery tools on the Vista install disk.

Alun.
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[Kerry Brown]

The "administrator" account is purposely disabled. The account you created
during the install is an administrator. Reinstalling won't change this.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926183

 

[Guest]

In Vista USER Logins are typed
DOMAIN\Username MachineName\Username
password password

and you cannot delete the Primary user before creating another unless you
attachit to another system first.

 

[Kim]

I did this too. Unless you've enabled the administrator account or have
another user account enabled you're stuck. I ended up reinstalling and then
enabling the administrator account first thing so it wouldn't happen again.