What the hell!?

jimkatai · Post by **jimkatai** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:10 pm

Okay, so I wake up to go onto my computer this morning and my administrator username is gone, and my login screen has been changed to the standard setup. What the hell is going on? And more importantly, is there anything I can do? I have already checked usernames in control panel. My username is not there.

Infin8Cyn · Post by **Infin8Cyn** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:46 pm

Have you tried logging in the traditional way (I think it's hit CTRL+ALT+DEL twice or something at the XP Login screen) and entering Administrator and then your password?

adciv · Post by **adciv** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:47 pm

Check (assuming you have the default config)
c:\Documents and Settings\<Username>
Make sure that is still there. If so, all your files and settings are still on the PC.

Not sure what exactly happened other than the possibility someone decided to play a prank on you. I have never come across windows deleting an account out of the blue. If you need to create a new admin account, you will have to log in with the Administrator account (that's the name, not the type). Did you remember to set the password on that account or did you leave it empty?

Binks · Post by **Binks** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:51 pm

I had a similar thing happen to me, somehow the users file became corrupted or something. My files were all still in the same place but I had to make a new user and get it back to the way I had it before. It defiantly wasn't' a prank (no one in my house has the knowledge/motive to do something like that) and it wasn't a serious problem.

Good luck getting it solved...I'd recommend just doing what adciv says, ensuring that your files are there, and creating a new administrator account with the same name. Copy/paste your files back to their old locations, restore desktop etc. and you should be back to where you started.

jimkatai · Post by **jimkatai** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:08 pm

Still no clue on what happened, but about two hours after this showed up, the problem fixed itself. I'm running a virus check, although I doubt that's the problem.

elephent · Post by **elephent** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:33 pm

which virus scan software do you use?Norton?Kabasky?or anyother else?

MasteR · Post by **MasteR** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 2:58 pm

First thing I would have tried was a system restore to a couple days ago (assuming you have it enabled).

System Restore gets a bad name, I know, but I have found that it is amazing at fixing odd problems like that. I have yet to have it actually make something worse than it already was.

Post by **Martin Blank** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:07 am

[quote="elephent";p="699819"]I get cracked version software from internet,

,and it works.[/quote]
Please read the rules. This is not something to be bragging about here.

elephent · Post by **elephent** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 1:22 pm

ok
I take back my words.

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