Re: Lost a user account

It sounds like maybe the built in administrator account which is only
available in Safe Mode or that the account in question is disabled. You can
use the command net users to see a list of users on the computer and then
use the command net user username to see the status of a user account
[account active line] using the actual username instead of username in the
command. Use net help user to find out more about the command including how
to make an inactive account active as in net user username /active:yes. ---
Steve


"acrs" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Can anyone help me with a missing user account on XP Home? I am not sure
how or when the account dissapeared, but if I try to recreate the account
XP tells me it already exists. The account does not show up on the Welcome
screen, or under the users control panel. I have 3 other users on the PC
and they are all showing up fine.

If I look under the C:\Documents and Settings then I see the user there
with all there documents etc.

I have followed the instructions below, but under that registry value none
of my users are listed:

<begin> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList
Look in the right pane for a value with the missing user's name. If its
there, double click it and set it to 1. If not, right click in the right
pane, select New, DWord value, give it the name of the user as it appears
on the Welcome Screen. Then set it to 1 as above. <end>

I also followed some other info I found on a Google search, but so far I
am unable to restore this user. Is there any way to do it? even if I have
to somehow delete the user and re-create it (I can manually copy the docs
and then paste into new account).

Thanks.





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