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I might make a guess that he turned it off rather then deleted it....and
then deleated all asociated files for that account such as the "my docs"
folder content etc...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Shkabara" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] guest password in win 2000
> Unlike Win9x, NT in any variation which includes Win2k and XP always have
> a
> REAL username and password. To avoid the login prompt, it is possible to
> set
> automatic logon by modifying the registry. To make it easy, there are
> utilities such as TweakUI from Microsoft, and FreshUI from
> www.freshdevices.com that allow you to activate the Auto Logon.
>
> If you only disabled or deleted the GUEST account, the Administrator
> account
> should still be there. You would need to use Administrator as the
> username,
> and give the administrator password to log in. If you do not get a login
> prompt, then you must have corrupted your installation in some way. How
> did
> you "delete" the GUEST account?
>
> Peter
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>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> I am updating an old Gateway computer for my Grand Daughter.
>> I installed Win 2000. My problem is that it ask for a
>> password on every startup so I deleated the guest account. I
>> never installed any passwords in the first place. Now when I
>> try to boot up it tells me that the guest account has been
>> disabled to contact the adminstrator. That would be me and I
>> have no idea how to log on to this computer now. Thanks in
>> advance for any and all replys,
>>
>> Bud Jarman
>> Portsmouth Va.
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