Vista - RE: User login issue

In Vista USER Logins are typed
DOMAIN\Username MachineName\Username
password password

and you cannot delete the Primary user before creating another unless you
attachit to another system first.


"John" wrote:

> Hi
>
> I installed vista. It asked me to enter a username at start and I chose
> John. I then wanted to login as administrator but unlike xp I couldn't find
> a way to make it display a login screen at start. So I deleted the user
> john. When I logged off I did get the option to login as another user. I
> tried Administrator and no password but that did not work. I then tried to
> login as John but couldn't as this user is deleted. I am now stuck outside
> vista unable to login. Is there any way to login or do I have to delete
> vista and reinstall again?
>
> Thanks
>
> Regards
>
>
>

I did this too. Unless you've enabled the administrator account or have
another user account enabled you're stuck. I ended up reinstalling and then
enabling the administrator account first thing so it wouldn't happen again.

"Chris Hyun" <ChrisHyun@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B573A02A-463E-40A9-8796-68C3AA3F57D3@microsoft.com...
> In Vista USER Logins are typed
> DOMAIN\Username MachineName\Username
> password password
>
> and you cannot delete the Primary user before creating another unless you
> attachit to another system first.
>
>
> "John" wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I installed vista. It asked me to enter a username at start and I chose
>> John. I then wanted to login as administrator but unlike xp I couldn't
>> find
>> a way to make it display a login screen at start. So I deleted the user
>> john. When I logged off I did get the option to login as another user. I
>> tried Administrator and no password but that did not work. I then tried
>> to
>> login as John but couldn't as this user is deleted. I am now stuck
>> outside
>> vista unable to login. Is there any way to login or do I have to delete
>> vista and reinstall again?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>>