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Help. I've lost my OH's Login page on XP.

Hi everyone.

Please help before she strings me up!!!!

I borrowed my OH's Computer last night to leave some feedback on ebay. As the feedback was for Birthday present i thought i would create myself an account so she couldnt see what i was doing in the history folder.

When i created my new account i must have made it an administrator account because it has now deleted her account (that was administartor before).

When you go into C: and Documents and settings there is 2 lots there, first is Mine (Named Mark) and second is her's (Named Administrator) i can open all of her documents and view the contents of the Desktop etc.

But when i go into user accounts in Control panel only my account is visible and not her's.

What can i do to get her account back, with her desktop and documents as usual.

Please help, as i dont fancy sleeping in the shed tonight with the cats and spiders.

Thankyou

Mark

Comments

  • Control Panel > Users Accounts > Use the Welcome Screen.

    It should show the accounts on a the windows logon screen, then just click which one.
    (then set a password on your own)
  • Thanks for helping but when i logon to useraccounts it only shows the following options:

    Change and account
    Create a new account
    Change the way users logon or off

    OR PICK AN ACCOUNT TO CHANGE.

    (the only account listed is Mark (Mine)
  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,621 Forumite
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    it's that one

    Change the way users logon or off

    both boxes should be ticked
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