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by vicees

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My windows xp professional is only allowing one limited user and the administrator to log on. The other 2 users, myself with administrator facilities, the other a limirted user are not able to log on. Starting up at different check points and using the options in safe mode did not work. Each time it starts up with the administrators log on screen. Th only exceptin is when the one limited user logson, it all normal for him. How can I get back to a normal start? The PC a one month old AMD P4, 1.8 gig, 256 MB DDR ram,

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by qballrail

When did this issue first arise? If you had full access before a particular date, then try running System Restore. You will not lose work, all it will do is restore primary system functions to a previous date. Go to Start> Programs> Accessories> System Tools> System Restore then select "restore my computer to an earlier time" and follow the prompts to select a restore point. If it does not resolve the first time, for instnace if you cannot recall when this occured, keep going back until youfind the date that you actually made the changes just before this issue arose. Damn, I just looked up and read again that you and started at different check points.. try going back as far as possible, perhaps you've not gone back far enough.

Yousaid that it starts up with the Administrator's Logon Screen, are you using the default XP logon or Windows Classic? One other thing you might check is to be sure that all users are not disabled, or shut off. To do this, go to your Control Panel and select User Accounts. You might have to delete and recreate the acounts.

by qballrail

When did this issue first arise? If you had full access before a particular date, then try running System Restore. You will not lose work, all it will do is restore primary system functions to a previous date. Go to Start> Programs> Accessories> System Tools> System Restore then select "restore my computer to an earlier time" and follow the prompts to select a restore point. If it does not resolve the first time, for instnace if you cannot recall when this occured, keep going back until youfind the date that you actually made the changes just before this issue arose. Damn, I just looked up and read again that you and started at different check points.. try going back as far as possible, perhaps you've not gone back far enough.

Yousaid that it starts up with the Administrator's Logon Screen, are you using the default XP logon or Windows Classic? One other thing you might check is to be sure that all users are not disabled, or shut off. To do this, go to your Control Panel and select User Accounts. You might have to delete and recreate the accounts.

If this does not resolve, then a complete recovery might be your next step.

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