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  1. June 16th, 2010, 04:13 AM #1
    anne
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    User locked out

    Laptop has vista business. Friend said he does not know what happened .
    I looked and on startup his user name comes up and underneath it
    " user locked."
    If i click on it a tempory account loads with a pop up saying this is a temporey account and no data will be saved.
    What happened?
    How do i unlock the account?
    Thanks
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  2. June 16th, 2010, 10:17 AM #2
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    I'd say that is most likely a corrupt user profile. Follow these instructions to get to the hidden admin account, if you don't have another admin account available, then you can rescue any data and create a new account. Afterwards delete the troublesome account.
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  3. June 16th, 2010, 02:44 PM #3
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    OK thanks super, but where are the instructions?
    Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H AM3 motherboard
    16 GIG Ram,
    AMD FX 8350, 8 core
    2 x 1gig sata 3 ,,
    1 X 24" wide screen moniter ,
    2 x 17' secondary moniters
    1 x 21" secondary moniter
    Corsair Power
    Corsair Hydro cooler H 60
    1 x blueray burners
    Windows 8.1 x 64 Professional

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  4. June 16th, 2010, 03:11 PM #4
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    Oops, sorry about that Here they are:

    http://www.computerperformance.co.uk...r_activate.htm
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  6. June 17th, 2010, 12:39 AM #5
    anne
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    The problam is there is item 1. Logon to vista using your usual account.
    The usual account is the one that is locked. Vista loads to a temporary account.
    I will give it a try from the tempory account.
    Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H AM3 motherboard
    16 GIG Ram,
    AMD FX 8350, 8 core
    2 x 1gig sata 3 ,,
    1 X 24" wide screen moniter ,
    2 x 17' secondary moniters
    1 x 21" secondary moniter
    Corsair Power
    Corsair Hydro cooler H 60
    1 x blueray burners
    Windows 8.1 x 64 Professional

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