Windows vista other user problem

I recently ended up with a load of malware and viruses and was only able to remove some of them. I'm still having computer problems so I've backed up everything and want to restore to factory condition. Go to Solution. If the recovery partition is corrupt, then it can no longer be used. In that case, then you have to reinstall the operating system this way. View solution in original post. Thanks ever so much for your help Rick. I will give that a try. I am having the exact same issues as Rod has described above.

But unfortunately I do not have any of the disks which came with the laptop. I have already backed up my important documents on a flash drive and am attempting to restore my computer any how and any way possible.

None of the linked steps really showed what could be done if I did not have the disk at least that I saw. I have attempted to open Windows using safe mode, "Last Known Good Configuration", "Debugger Mode" but everything takes me back to the impassable other user login.

I ran every test under diagnostics possible and found no errors. Any help is greatly appreciated. Search Topics. Show Questions Show Posts. Login Not a member? Join our community. Oct 27, , PM. Getting "other user" screen after restoring vista. My girlfriend has a gateway computer, that I had to factory restore.

Upon booting up, it goes to a screen that says "other user" And asks for a username and a password. We never put ANY password on the computer. We have tried the name of the computer, and hitting enter, but no dice.

What do I do? What windows is it? Oct 28, , AM. Oops sorry, Vista 32 bit. My question now, is if I buy win7 "upgrade," could it fix her problem? Oct 28, , PM. In that case you have to reinstall the windows again you can try booting the windows on the safe mode and click on administrator without any password.. Sadly when swhe got the computer from Compusa about three years ago, they gave her a "recovery" disk that was supposed to help her and no windows disk, even after I asked them for one.

The minecraft launcher says that it has run out of video memory and this could answe why my hon is also crashing. But even at lower settings it also happens. Another Problem is that when a standard user tries to install a program, it popups with the window saying to type the admin password.

But for some reason you can't type the admin password, because there is no place to see the admin user and the password typed. I was thinking of reinstalling vista, but could I just copy the windows files to the computer from the disk? I have heard on other forums and threads that this Wim files can contain several errors. How can I get rid of these errors. Ragnorian Aug 23, Ask a Question. Replies 0 Views Aug 23, Ragnorian. Black screen. Titan74 Aug 20, Ask a Question. Aug 20, Titan Windows 10 iso.

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