User Account disappeared on XP

I did this.   Named it "Jane A" and it still did not show up on the log-in screen.    I started looking in the files that I found that actually had that name on them, but there aren't any of the pictures and stuff that she had.  I'm ready to give up on recovery of the log-in area, but where would the pictures have gone?  And what causes this to happen?  Thank you for your help so far.  I really appreciate it.

Hi,

At least I have confirmed that you do not have a disabled account and I will continue help you with this.

1. In the Start Menu, select Run.

2. In the Run dialog, type the command to start the registry editor below.
       regedit

3. Navigate to the key,
       HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows NT \ CurrentVersion \Winlogon \SpecialAccounts \UserList

4. In the right pane, right click and select, New > DWORD

5. A new item will be created, right click on it and rename it to the username (Eg. Administrator).

6. Then double click on the DWORD item named as the username (Eg. Administrator) you have created and enter a value, '1' in the dialog box.

7. Close registry editor and restart your computer, you can see the username (Eg. Administrator) account listed in the Login Screen.


Please be very careful when you are editing the registry.

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