Re: Login problem

:o) Be nice!

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"Tom Brown" <NOSPAMBurner2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Ob$u07wOFHA.2136@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Eric,
>
> Really, all I have to do it hit the enter key and all my problems will be
> solved? Why didn't I think of that?
>
> I will resist the temptation to make any reference to the name you have
> chosen. But, I wonder if you think everyone here is an idiot? OF COURSE
> I hit the ENTER key about 20 times and it would not let me in! That's the
> reason I sent the message. Do you really think anyone would be stupid
> enough to sit there and look at an error message telling them to enter a
> password and not do anything?
>
> Sorry if I seem irritated but computers some time do that to me ...
> especially when I have been up half the night, and finally resorting to
> removing the new disk and reinstalling the old one just so I could send an
> email to this group and hopefully find an answer.
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> "Eric the IT Idiot" <ErictheITIdiot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message news:5720FCFA-5852-46EE-9724-802025CFF4AA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> If you didn't assign a password, you should just be able to hit enter and
>> it
>> will log you on.
>>
>> "Tom Brown" wrote:
>>
>>> I just bought a new hard disk and installed XP Pro on it. I didn't want
>>> to
>>> be bothered with a Password for the Administrator so I opted not to have
>>> one. I also only added one user .... me ... without a password.
>>>
>>> Everything was fine until I did all the updates from the MS web site.
>>> Now,
>>> when I boot the machine, it wants to know my password for my name. So
>>> far,
>>> it has resisted my efforts to boot to the command prompt and type in the
>>> 'control userpasswords2' command.
>>>
>>> What can I do to bypass the login or to give it a password when I don't
>>> know
>>> one. Again, it's a brand new install on a brand new disk.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>


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