Windows XP logon user names missimg

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Both user names on my laptop have vanished from the Windows startup screen.
If I try ctrl-alt-del option it wants a password which has never been set. I
can't logon as Administrator either.
Can I go into recovery mode using the Windows XP disk and correct this by
editing the appropriate file?

[PvdG42]

"Colin" <Co***@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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Both user names on my laptop have vanished from the Windows startup
screen.
If I try ctrl-alt-del option it wants a password which has never been set.
I
can't logon as Administrator either.
Can I go into recovery mode using the Windows XP disk and correct this by
editing the appropriate file?

Try reposting this question in an appropriate Windows XP group instead of
this .NET programming group.
In discussions, scroll down the TreeView on the left until you get to the
Windows category, then find Windows XP.

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Thanks for your response. I didn't intend for the post to appear in this group!

"PvdG42" wrote:

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"Colin" <Co***@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:63**********************************@microsof t.com...

Both user names on my laptop have vanished from the Windows startup
screen.
If I try ctrl-alt-del option it wants a password which has never been set.
I
can't logon as Administrator either.
Can I go into recovery mode using the Windows XP disk and correct this by
editing the appropriate file?

Try reposting this question in an appropriate Windows XP group instead of
this .NET programming group.
In discussions, scroll down the TreeView on the left until you get to the
Windows category, then find Windows XP.