Vista - User login issue

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

"John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message
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> 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
>
>


Sounds like a reinstall, but try the blank password for Administrator in
safe mode too.

--
Jon

The first account that you create after install is a member of the
Administrators group. It will be your main account. The inbuilt
'Administrator' account is disabled by default.

--
Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
"John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message
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> 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
>
>

So its a reinstall?

Regards

"Jane C" <jellybean@NOSPAMxjgarage.org> wrote in message
news:B60F4753-D5FC-4D51-958D-9D54B9ADDF53@microsoft.com...
> The first account that you create after install is a member of the
> Administrators group. It will be your main account. The inbuilt
> 'Administrator' account is disabled by default.
>
> --
> Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
> Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
> "John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:%23dviIuvVHHA.868@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> 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
>>
>>
>

"John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message
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> So its a reinstall?


No, I believe someone else suggested trying the Administrator account from
Safe Mode - or try it from the recovery tools on the Vista install disk.

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The "administrator" account is purposely disabled. The account you created
during the install is an administrator. Reinstalling won't change this.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926183

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca


"John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message
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> So its a reinstall?
>
> Regards
>
> "Jane C" <jellybean@NOSPAMxjgarage.org> wrote in message
> news:B60F4753-D5FC-4D51-958D-9D54B9ADDF53@microsoft.com...
>> The first account that you create after install is a member of the
>> Administrators group. It will be your main account. The inbuilt
>> 'Administrator' account is disabled by default.
>>
>> --
>> Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
>> Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
>> "John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:%23dviIuvVHHA.868@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

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
>>
>>
>>