Hi, tshakaworld.

Congratulations!

I have one little quibble with your advice. In your Step 3 you said:
This System Restore
function enables you to restore your computer to the way it was on any
date in the past (cool eh?).

Yes, that's cool. But not quite that cool. We can restore to the way it
was on SOME date in the past. But not just ANY date.

The System Restore service automatically creates restore points at certain
times, such as just before we install an application. And we can manually
create restore points at other times. But storage space on our hard drive
is not unlimited, so saved restore points get deleted when necessary to make
room for new ones. And some actions can cause us to lose saved restored
points.

System Restore can seem like "cool" magic when it works, but use it with
discretion. And don't rely on it to solve ALL problems.

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 RC 7100


"tshakaworld" wrote in message
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Malke;4416943 Wrote:
After you have logged into an Administrator account (after Step 1 or
possibly Steps 2-3), try a System Restore first. This may fix the issue
and
you will be able to log into your user account without going through
the
rest of Steps 4-5.

I tried the System Restore yesterday and it worked perfectly. This is
especially helpful if you only have made the mistake of having only 1
administrator account. As you can guess, I am not a very technical
person but the information I found here was so helpful that I wish to
add my 2 cents in hopes of helping someone else.

These are the steps I took:

1. I booted the computer in Safe Mode by clicking F8 at start. (thanks
Malke)

2. Clicked on the icon for my Administrator. I was actually able to
log on to the Administrator account in Safe Mode.

3. Entered control panel and selected System and Maintenance. I then
followed the instructions for a System Restore. This System Restore
function enables you to restore your computer to the way it was on any
date in the past (cool eh?). I followed the prompts to restore my
computer to the way it was 1 day before my Administrator Account Profile
Service failed the logon.

4. The operating system took me back in time to the day before I first
started having problems. I am now able to log on to my Administrator
account.

5. I immediately went to Control Panel and created 2 new users. I
assigned each new user Administrator status. I also copied all my old
documents, bookmarks, music and photos to the Public folder so they can
be shared with the new users I created.

I wish to thank everyone for the tips.


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tshakaworld