windows xp and user accounts

[lenswipe]

Hi there


i have windows XP Home

for some reason there is a user account on there that apears to have been deleted yet you can still log onto it. It doesnt:

1. Apear in the "control userpasswords2" list accessed from the Run dailog

2. Apear in control panel

3. Apear in the hidden useracoounts Key in regedit

(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\C urrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList )

4. But yet i can still log onto it???

WTF??


Can anyone tell me how to get it back?


Thanks :D

[GCoffee]

Was the user a administrator?
Did you delete it from the control panel or somewhere else?
Have you rebooted your system?

[lenswipe]

Was the user a administrator?
Did you delete it from the control panel or somewhere else?
Have you rebooted your system?

Yes to 1 and three no to 2

It came back from the shop in this condition i dont want to send it back because i have lots of data on there. I also dont want to do without my laptop for ages (and currys do take ages) just because some idiot doesnt know how to use xp properly..

[fiddledd]

Have you tried typing "net users" (no quotes) into the run dialog. There can be accounts there that are hidden from "control userpasswords2" and from ""control useraccounts2".