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Old 05-25-2004, 06:40 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Help! Installed an extra hard drive on my PC and moved
extra user account info onto this. now cannot login these
accounts from Welcome screen as they can't be located
says "contact your network administrator" well that's me
and I don't know.

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Old 05-25-2004, 09:54 PM   #2 (permalink)
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You'll need to log in to the hidden machine administrator account and then
move the information back from where you moved it in the first place.

If you have XP Pro on your computer, at the log in screen type
ctrl-alt-delete
twice. In the user account type administrator, leave the password blank and
press enter. You likely didn't create a password for this hidden account
during setup and if the computer was purchased with XP pre-installed it
doesn't likely have one either,

If you have Home, boot into Safe Mode (F8 after the post test and before
Windows starts. Once Windows starts loading, you've missed it and will have
to try again). You'll have an option to log on as Administrator. Again,
the same procedure, you'll be asked to log in to get into safe mode, type
administrator, leave the password blank and press enter.

This will get you in, then move the information back to its original
location.

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> Help! Installed an extra hard drive on my PC and moved
> extra user account info onto this. now cannot login these
> accounts from Welcome screen as they can't be located
> says "contact your network administrator" well that's me
> and I don't know.
>
> Philip

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