Re: Can't logon to Windows

SBAMAVEN wrote:

Thanks for the response. Your solution doesn't work because I don't have
a password problem; my problem is that I have disabled all of the user
accounts. I've tried safe mode, and input "administrator" in the dialog
box
and I get an "account is disabled" message. When I try "guest" the
message is "policy doesn't allow you to log on interaactively."

The response I gave you had nothing to do with a password problem. The
standard answer to disabling of the built-in Administrator account is to
boot into Safe Mode since the Administrator account will be enabled
temporarily for that one session. If you really disabled the Administrator
account and you really booted into Safe Mode and found that the
Administrator account was not temporarily enabled, then I don't know what
else to suggest other than perhaps a Repair Install.

Perhaps you did something more than just disabling the built-in
Administrator account or perhaps there were other problems on the machine.
Or perhaps since you were trying to set up a home network you set your
computer to be a member of a domain which is not the same as disabling
Administrator and could certainly produce similar problems.

System Restore will not require you to reinstall anything. If you can get
into the system at all (and your first post would seem to indicate that you
can't), then you can run System Restore to before you did whatever it was
you did.

Since I don't know your skill level, you may wish to take the machine to a
professional computer repair shop (not your local version of BigStoreUSA)
where they may be able to fix the situation.

Malke
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