Don't know password

From: dnamertz (dnamertz_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/05/04


Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 21:29:03 -0800

I have been using WindowsXP on my computer for 2 years and never had to use a
password to log-in. It has always gone straight to the desktop when I turned
on the computer until this morning. This morning it asked me to chose which
user I want to log-in as, but did not ask for a password. I don't know why
it asked this after 2 years of not asking...I must have changed the settings
somehow. So I tried to change the settings in Windows so I would not have to
chose a user each time I turned on the computer. Well, the next time I
turned it on, Windows was asking for a password before it will do anything
else. I have never had a password (as far as I can remember) and I know no
way around it...so I can not use my computer. I had to pull out my 7 year
old computer just to post this question. So, how do I change the settings in
WindowsXP to stop asking for a password when I don't even have a password to
use? Please help! I desperately need some files on my computer for work by
Monday.



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