Windows XP Home - Administrator Lock Out

[ol' boy]

I have a Acer Laptop, it comes with WinXP Home and Acers other "ePower" crap.

Just did a fresh install of the WinXP Home, got all the updates, SP3 etc.
I was mucking around trying to turn off the log-in window on boot up and now i have somehow Lost/Deleted or just can't get back into Administrator!?!

I have tried all the easy stuff.

Ctrl, Alt, Del at log in window
Safe Mode (changing Admin password etc)
Safe Mode (Restore Point, to earlier date before the problem)

All with ZERO effect on my situation.

At present i'm logged in as "GUEST" and just can't seem to do anything about it?
As there is NO Administrator in ANY drop down window anymore.
Don't want to load WinXP Pro, as i don't have a genuine copy for this machine.

Any ideas on how to get back into Administrator please?
It's doing my head in.

I have googled it 30+ times now, all with different answers or bogus links to software pay sites.
Even if there is a Reg Edit that can be done???

Thanks

[ssrattus]

Have you looked though this?



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[ol' boy]

Thanks ssrattus, i actually had that page open when i jumped into safe mode.
Will take another look now, but i think it wanted you to PAY for software at the top.
Reading the rest now

[fromaron]

After XP installation you MUST create an administrator user and use it for your normal day-to-day operations. The Administrator account will appear only in safe mode.
If you didn't create the administrator user you should do a system restore to the point where your installation was still using the Administrator account and create another user then.
There could be some other registry tweaks available, not sure about them as I always had a rule of not logging in with another account unless I have the above prepared.

[ol' boy]

Tried the restore point idea fromaron, it didn't work!

Yes it went back to the date, but the log-in stayed the same

[fandtm666]

newbies i dunno , i would turn around and do a reinstall.

give me the model of the acer and i will download the drivers and build a silent install disc for you

[ol' boy]

Hey lovey, i was waiting for your input
Yeah... something is wrong though fandt.
And you are right, i am getting very close to putting WinXP Pro on.

Laptop is an Acer Aspire 3692WLMi
Intel Celeron M processor 420
1.6Ghz, 533Mhz FSB, 1MB L2 cache

I tell you mate, this thing has worked perfectly for the passed 4 or 5 years, opted for the Acer ePower system restore, and thats when all the trouble began!

[ol' boy]

None of the above has worked..... Sadly.

There must be a simple fix for this?

[Philquad]

lol
get all the drivers ready
do a clean xp pro install, if you got a big hdd split it 80gb\ rest
40 min install i guess, pm me when done with install,drivers done.

[Aboulaly]

hey can you try this for me please mate.

[bigfella08]

newbies i dunno , i would turn around and do a reinstall.

give me the model of the acer and i will download the drivers and build a silent install disc for you

Fandtm666.............your a legend

[ol' boy]

hey can you try this for me please mate.

I have No Idea what this 10.5Kb German Program is meant to do Aboulaly?
Care to add some details next time when you post a un heard of program

[ol' boy]

lol
get all the drivers ready
do a clean xp pro install, if you got a big hdd split it 80gb\ rest
40 min install i guess, pm me when done with install,drivers done.

Starting to look that way Phil.
Laptop has a 60gig HDD (1 x Hidden Partition for OS back up, 1 x 25Gb C drive, 1 x 25Gb D drive)

[fromaron]

Starting to look that way Phil.
Laptop has a 60gig HDD (1 x Hidden Partition for OS back up, 1 x 25Gb C drive, 1 x 25Gb D drive)

oceanboy, did you try this:
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserLis t in the Registry Editor.
Double-click the Administrator key in the right pane.
If the Administrator key doesn’t exist, right-click on the above tree in the pane, choose New, DWORD Value, name it Administrator and press .
Type 1 in the “Value data” box, and press .

[Aboulaly]

I have No Idea what this 10.5Kb German Program is meant to do Aboulaly?
Care to add some details next time when you post a un heard of program

It does exactly what it says it fixes the logon problem, I had simillar problem to yours and when I done my research I ended up with this little program, It worked 100%, mate.

[PaulD]

Hey oceanboy,
I suppose you've had a look at the Kellys fixes under administrator account here:

[ol' boy]

oceanboy, did you try this:
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserLis t in the Registry Editor.
Double-click the Administrator key in the right pane.
If the Administrator key doesn’t exist, right-click on the above tree in the pane, choose New, DWORD Value, name it Administrator and press .
Type 1 in the “Value data” box, and press .

Now there might be the problem... There was NO ADMINISTRATOR in the right pane!!!!

And when i try to follow your steps to ADD Admistrator, it says "Cannot Create Value: Error writing to the registry", right after I go
Userlist/new/DWORD value

Am i doing it right?

[ol' boy]

It does exactly what it says it fixes the logon problem, I had simillar problem to yours and when I done my research I ended up with this little program, It worked 100%, mate.

Well i tried that app all over the place, it just doesn't do anything???
Launched it on Desktop, In Windows Folder in I386 Folder.... NOTHING.

All it says each and every time is this: "Default Gina in use. DLL in use: MSGINA.DLL (standard)"

The repair button is ALWAYS not highlighted, thus you can never press it.

[best4less]

Get your self a Bart PE disk mate they come in real handy for these types of problems

But then again fandtm666 is on the right track

[ol' boy]

Hey oceanboy,
I suppose you've had a look at the Kellys fixes under administrator account here:

The 2 files in the Administrator section.

1. Didn't work
2. The second just killed my machine, lost all stuff and rooted registry.