Missing user accounts on Windows start up / login screen - please help


  1. J381
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    Missing user accounts on Windows start up / login screen - please help


    OK, so I fear I may have messed up a bit, but I'm hoping the gurus on here will save me...

    Previously (until 10 mins ago!) when switching my laptop on I was prompted with the login screen where I could select either the Administrator account or my own personal account.

    I decided that I wanted to hide the Administator account and have only my personal account at startup / login, so began searching online for a how-to, and found this:

    How to hide the administrator account in Windows - How-To - PC Advisor

    Followed it step-by-step to the end and then restarted my laptop. Now when I switch the laptop on I am prompted with a blank Windows username and password login screen.

    Now of course this wouldn't be a problem if I had a username or password, but unfortunately I do not and currently have no way of getting back in to my own account.

    Please can someone shed some light on this? I would be forever grateful!

    Thanks in advance
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  3. bigmck
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    Did you try hitting Enter when the User Name screen is on? That should let you proceed if there is no Password. If that works there is a way eliminate the User Name and Password screen.
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  4. J381
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    Yes I tried that to no avail. :-(
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  6. bigmck
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    Try doing a Password Reset : Using System Restore in Windows 7 and let us know if that helped.
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