Only a guest account

My Windows 7 laptop has lost my user account from the login screen and seems now only comments

Start in safe mode does not produce the Admin account

My profile is still on the machine and I think that my data is safe

I tried to add a new user using the command line and tried to promote the user invited to the admin rights

Who has not

System Restore says no restore point

Basically I can't do anything because the next button is grayed out when I try to do something because I don't have administrator rights

I don't think it's a virus

Thanks for your help

Things get a little tight with no restore points, no spare administrator account. You can restore your registry files (that includes the password file) manually to an earlier point via the steps described below. The process is complex and requires some careful typing. Ask a computer-savvy friend to help you if you lack experience in this field.

1. keep tapping F8 during the first phase of startup.
2. Select repair in the menu that looks like this:
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/advanced-startup-options-including-safe-mode
3 log in as administrator if you are prompted.
4. Select repair when prompted.
5. Select the command line in the menu that looks like this:
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/what-are-the-system-recovery-options-in-Windows-7
6. identify the correct drive letter for your Windows installation. It could be one drive other than c, but it will not X:. You do this by typing commands
DIR C:\Win*
Dir D:\Win*
dir E:\Win*
until you find the Windows folder.
I'll call this "Q:" drive
7 type these commands:
CD /d Q:\windows\System32\config
xcopy *. * Q:\MyRegBack\
CD RegBack
dir
8. review the dates of the software, system, and SAM files. The files created before or after that is your problem?
9. If they were made before the problem appeared, you can then type these commands:
copy software / y...
/y copy system...
/y copy Sam...
(the two points are part of each order)
10. restart normally. If things don't work then you can go back by copying files from the original register of Q:\MyRegBack to Q:\Windows\System32\config.

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