Can't find usernames in registry!!

Hi there,

I posted my problem here before and my problem has not been tackled till
now.. Could anyone help me?? Many many thanks...

A quick overview of my problem..

I shutted down my laptop properly; and later when i turned it on again, a
welcome screen appeared without any user account listed!! To shut down my
computer was the only option..

Then i tried to press Ctrl-Alt-Del twice and i got a small pop-up windows
with my user name listed asking me to enter the password. I really have no
idea for this as i never set a password for my computer. Somehow, I still
tried some of my regularly used passwords.. yet, i still couldn't log on my
account.

An user responded to my problem by suggesting me to download an ultilities
which allow to reset the system password
(http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/).. I had successfully run the
files.. but when it run till to Step 3, a problem hinder me to carry on the
process, which as the following..


*****
===== chntpw Edit User Info & Passwords ====

Cannot find usernames in registry! (Is this a SAM-hive?)

Select: ! - quit, . - list users, 0xRID - User with RID (hex)
or simply enter the username to change: [Administrator]

*****

If i press enter after the sentence, a same sentense appear on screen.. I'm
wondering why it can't find my usernames in registry??

Help!! It already half way through the process.. what can i do for thi??


Besides that, another user suggested to press F8 to interrupt the sytem when
rebooting.. then choose the option of start windows with the last known good
configuration. I had tried this too.. it didn't help in my case..

Could anyone tell me what else can i do??


Thanks heaps...

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"Bluemoon1383" wrote:

| Hi there,
|
| I posted my problem here before and my problem has not been tackled till
| now.. Could anyone help me?? Many many thanks...
|
| A quick overview of my problem..
|
| I shutted down my laptop properly; and later when i turned it on again, a
| welcome screen appeared without any user account listed!! To shut down my
| computer was the only option..
|
| Then i tried to press Ctrl-Alt-Del twice and i got a small pop-up windows
| with my user name listed asking me to enter the password. I really have no
| idea for this as i never set a password for my computer. Somehow, I still
| tried some of my regularly used passwords.. yet, i still couldn't log on my
| account.
|
| An user responded to my problem by suggesting me to download an ultilities
| which allow to reset the system password
| (http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/).. I had successfully run the
| files.. but when it run till to Step 3, a problem hinder me to carry on the
| process, which as the following..
|
|
| *****
| ===== chntpw Edit User Info & Passwords ====
|
| Cannot find usernames in registry! (Is this a SAM-hive?)
|
| Select: ! - quit, . - list users, 0xRID - User with RID (hex)
| or simply enter the username to change: [Administrator]
|
| *****
|
| If i press enter after the sentence, a same sentense appear on screen.. I'm
| wondering why it can't find my usernames in registry??
|
| Help!! It already half way through the process.. what can i do for thi??
|
|
| Besides that, another user suggested to press F8 to interrupt the sytem when
| rebooting.. then choose the option of start windows with the last known good
| configuration. I had tried this too.. it didn't help in my case..
|
| Could anyone tell me what else can i do??
|
|
| Thanks heaps...
|