Error “Windows cannot open the User Accounts control panel” when opening User Accounts

Error “Windows Cannot Open the User Accounts Control Panel” When Opening User Accounts

User accounts missing from the Welcome Screen, and login can only be possible by pressing the CTRL+ALT+DEL keys twice and typing the credentials in the Classic logon prompt. Also, the following error message appears when opening the User Accounts applet:

Windows cannot open the User Accounts control panel.

The above symptoms were seen in one of my clients computer running Windows XP. Both of the above problems were resolved by registering three core system modules. If you’re experiencing the above symptoms, use these steps to resolve the problem:

Click Start, Run. Type the following command and press ENTER:

regsvr32.exe jscript.dll

Similarly run these two commands:

regsvr32.exe nusrmgr.cpl

regsvr32.exe shgina.dll

You should see the message "DllRegisterServer in filename succeeded." for each module registered. Restart Windows and see if you’re able to open the User Accounts applet successfully.

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2 Responses to “Error “Windows Cannot Open the User Accounts Control Panel” When Opening User Accounts”

rick

said this on Wednesday, September 16th 2009 5:22 am

doesn’t work.I still have to push ctrl,alt and delete twice to get my name and then I still get the messege after trying to open user accounts in the control panel.
“the current user account is not reconized.restart the computer and then open user accounts”
tim

said this on Tuesday, August 11th 2009 5:40 am

it doesn’t work. Why is it so difficult to fix a simple windows problem, so many solutions that don’t work.

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