Re: Windows Login

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Detlev Dreyer wrote: 
"Mal" <mstockma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


If I try to put anything else either in the user name or password it
won`t accept it and I have to put in Administrator and no password and
hit OK.



Install TweakUI and try this way:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

TweakUI > Logon > Autologon > Log on automatically at system startup >
Apply > OK.

I had already done that. It resulted in another step at startup. That step is a window that says "The system could not log you on. Make sure User name and domain are correct, then type your password again. Letters in passwords must be typed using the correct case." I have to X out of that to get to the old familiar login that has "Administrator", put in no password and click OK to get started. The whole problem I`m sure came about when I formatted the new harddrive with Windows CD. When asked if I was on a domain I said yes thinking "domain" meant a network. (Only here did I learn they weren`t the same thing.) I`ve tried to change things so many times that I`m now not sure what I used (casewise or otherwise) in assigning the domain name. I had never put in a password until I started trying to get rid of the origional Logon screen. I`m also not sure of the user name as the first one I put in was one on her old computer and when I hooked up the new computer on the netwok it said I would have to rename one computer (I did the new one). In short I`ve really messed things up . If I tried a new install would it give me the opportunity to correct these mistakes or are they in the registry permanently?
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