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re: user accounts Monday, October 6, 2008 at 9:22 am Posted by appleoddity (2369 messages posted) Tell us what exact steps you are taking to create a new user account, and what the exact error message is. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: user accounts Monday, October 6, 2008 at 9:05 pm Posted by JimmyK (168 messages posted) Steps: control panel, user accounts, click on change account or add account. Then get error message: user log in name not recognized. Restart computer and open user accounts. This is a Dell desktop that was given to us as is. I don't have the original admin account or password. I wanted to add my kids to the computer but when I tried the above is what I keep getting. I can't do anything in the user accounts field, the same message pops up after ever thing I click. I open for any thing at this point. On Monday, October 6, 2008 at 9:22 am, appleoddity wrote: > >Tell us what exact steps you are taking to create a new user account, and what the >exact error message is. > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: user accounts Monday, October 6, 2008 at 9:16 pm Posted by appleoddity (2369 messages posted) This can't be the EXACT error message because it hasn't been repeated any where in cyberspace according to a search. I can't help you if I can't research the problem, and I can't research the problem if you don't tell me the exact word for word error! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: user accounts Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 5:13 am Posted by JimmyK (168 messages posted) yes, that is the exact error message. It's a rectangular box that pops up the that exact message. I have googled it and there are a lot of people out there with same problem but no answers. Google the error message. I would take a snap shot and add it in here if I knew how to add pictures to this forum. On Monday, October 6, 2008 at 9:16 pm, appleoddity wrote: > >This can't be the EXACT error message because it hasn't been repeated any where in >cyberspace according to a search. > >I can't help you if I can't research the problem, and I can't research the problem >if you don't tell me the exact word for word error! > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: user accounts Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 9:14 am Posted by Mozark (255 messages posted) I presume you are trying to create a new account from an account with Admin privileges? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: user accounts Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 11:10 am Posted by JimmyK (168 messages posted) yes, but it wont let me do any thing. On Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 9:14 am, Mozark wrote: >I presume you are trying to create a new account from an account with Admin privileges? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: user accounts Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 1:50 pm Posted by cogs (179 messages posted) did you do this in safe mode? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: user accounts Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 8:36 pm Posted by Mozark (255 messages posted) did you try Group policy editor? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: user accounts Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 7:49 pm Posted by JimmyK (168 messages posted) No I did not, how to I get to it. Thanks. On Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 8:36 pm, Mozark wrote: >did you try Group policy editor? [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum