Have password to owner in XP but cant loggin - Page 4

***gamer105*** · August 30th, 2006

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Originally Posted by FN_lewrbm69

hehe it is almsot like IMs in here. yo ok well i tihnki have done all i can do, last thing if you get mad redo the os.

Lol wait are you actually trying to tell me something that pertains to you know getting my profile back.

***marvinmatthew*** · August 30th, 2006

He's saything that he thinks that he's done all he can for you, and tells you to reinstall the OS if all else fails.

***gamer105*** · August 30th, 2006

Oh alright thanks i really didnt understand the if you get mad part but hey you know.

***FN_lewrbm69*** · August 30th, 2006

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Originally Posted by marvinmatthew

He's saything that he thinks that he's done all he can for you, and tells you to reinstall the OS if all else fails.

nail on the head, it ezer than flying me out to fix it.

Marine Sniper15 · August 31st, 2006

Did you try at all pressing ctrl alt delete twice on the login screen? It worked for me when I wanted to get onto one of my accounts.

***marvinmatthew*** · August 31st, 2006

I would guess that pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL on the login screen would just cause his computer to restart.

Unless the task manager is already running in the background once you've got to the login screen.

Marine Sniper15 · August 31st, 2006

Actually a login screen pops up and you can pick which account you want to login to. I found it really handy to get into accounts that are not shown on the login screen, like the admin account for me.

***gamer105*** · September 2nd, 2006

Didn't work for me but whatever i used Knoppix and got my files back so incase anyone cares SUCESSS!!!!

***Mere_Mortal*** · September 7th, 2006

Well, good to see you resolved your problem. Might have happened sooner if I come across this thread like a week ago.

Anyway, for what it's worth...

The files from the previous install would not have been accessible even to an Administrator, at least by default. A new user would have to take ownership of such files, which only an Adminsitrator can do. For anybody else with a similar problem or if you run into this again, check these links...

http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=308421
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d....mspx?mfr=true