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01-Nov-2009, 01:47 AM #1
Solved: Opening Windows 7
I think I screwed myself. I originally started with a Dell XPS 410 with Windows Vista Home Premium. I then bought a downloadable copy of Windows Vista Ultimate. When Windows 7 came out I purchased a downloadable copy of Windows 7 Ultimate which I installed several weeks ago. I stupidly tried to delete my user icon from the Windows screen so it would boot without having to click the user icon. I found instructions on-line to go into local policies/security options/ Interactive Logon: Do not display las user. I enabled it thinking that I was the last user. It had been set to disabled. When I rebooted Windows 7 I get a screen asking for my user name and password which I never established or thought I needed to establish. Apparently, this must be for a guest user. In any event, I have not found a way to go around the lack of a user name or password to get into Windows 7. Is there any way short of doing a clean install of Vista Home Premium, then Upgrade to Vista Ultimate and then to Windows 7 Ultimate. I tried booting from a disc I made of Windows 7 Ultimate and it tells me I have to go into Windows and then upgrade. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I get around this? I am writing this using a dual boot Windows Vista Ultimate. Thanks in advance.
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01-Nov-2009, 02:17 AM #2
You should be able to do the F8 key during boot, and you should have a choice of Administrator or one of the added users. Boot as Administrator. You will probably be asked for the password you chose during install. Once you are in as administrator, you should be able to go to Control Panel > Users and fix things.
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01-Nov-2009, 02:56 AM #3
Opening Windows 7
Unfortunately F8 doesn't have any reference to Administrator or users. I appreciate the suggestion nonetheless. Thanks again.
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01-Nov-2009, 03:30 AM #4
F8 pressed during the reboot takes you to safe mode, and on one of my machines it gives you the list of users...one of which is administrator.

Have you just tried typing in "Administrator" when you get the logon prompt?

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01-Nov-2009, 04:23 AM #5
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Jim: You just saved me most of Sunday. I can now watch the NFL unimpeded by reinstalling Windows. Instead of Administrator, I typed my first name and it opened. Thanks so much for your patience and understanding of the issue. David
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01-Nov-2009, 07:44 AM #6
Setup Autologon

Start | Run, type control userpasswords2, press Enter
Uncheck the Box Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer.
(If already unchecked, check it, click Apply, then uncheck it)
Click OK
You'll be prompted to choose an account and enter a password that the system will use to Automatically log on. If you have no password, leave both password boxes blank.

If you want it to stop at the Welcome screen, just leave the box checked for Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer.
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01-Nov-2009, 11:05 AM #7
It's usually something like that. My ex was giving a presentation once in our Tax Business, and she didn't want to have to reenter the password every time there was some inactivity...so she "deleted the password"...and now the damn thing won't let me in and there's 25 people watching me."

I asked her what her old password was, and she told me. So, I told her to go to that screen and enter that number of spaces. (she always deleted by spacing over things".

It worked.

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04-Nov-2009, 11:02 AM #8
Thanks loads
To Outcaste: I wanted to let you know that I very much appreciate your assistance. Thanks loads.
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