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How do I retrieve a Username on laptop.

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I had an IBM ThinkPad that I just sent off to my granddaughter. My son is trying to set himself up as the Administrator but cannot log on. I forgot my Username. I know my password, but cannot remember my Username. Is there some way to find out what it is?
Thank you
Virginia

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Did you change the name?

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Since you need to log into the Administrator account, unless you changed the name, it is still “administrator”.

A little job for your grandaughter

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It is a hidden file, so you will have to unhide hidden files. In Explorer go to the Menu and select Tools, Folders Options, View. Uncheck “Show hidden files and folders”.
Hide extensions for known types and Hide protected operating system files. Click OK.

Then you can navigate to c:\documents and settings and the usernames will be displayed.

Administrator Account

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Dear Virginia,
I have two way to get your admin account…
First,Didn’t you change administrator(which is window built in administrator account)?
if so, you can enter your computer by typing “administrator’
but second, you changed your built in administrator account…
you have to use NT password changer software…
here is NT Password changer ….http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/downloads/nt_password_changer_info/

best regards,
kkh

She doesn’t need any other information than already supplied

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why can’t I respond to this thread jacky???

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why are you being so mean???

{walk off and cry in corner}

Cause I MR T

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don’t you look where you’r goin? :p

You’re supposed to call him …

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[b]FOOL![/b]

[i]Otherwise the voice doesn’t work.[/i] 😉

Thank you

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Thanks to all of you who provided useful info. I already KNOW the PASSWORD and am not asking for that – I just need to know the USERNAME. I will give this info to my son and granddaughter – and hopefully one of the solutions will work. Thanks again!!

That’s OK

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let us know how you get on.

try this

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tell him to boot up and press f8 to get into safe mode options, select safe mode with dos.
when dos loads up type in “net users” there u go

Another way . . .

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Just go into “user accounts” in “control panel”. It will tell you that you can’t change anything but you should still be able to see the list of user names.

Please don’t yell at me Jackie (I scared)

I wont yell at you

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but it didn’t work for me. The way that I suggested will be an eye opener. 😉

I will yell

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YARYARYAR!!!!

Is that something to do

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with the Yarry river? Can mere mortals still walk across it? :p

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