Re: logon nightmare
From: howard kainz (hkainz_at_wi.rr.com)
Date: 04/04/04
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Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 13:07:12 -0500
Roger, thanks for the tips. I tinkered with it in safe mode, and
finally got it to go straight to the welcome screen. I *think* I'm
still the administrator.
Howard Kainz
roger wrote:
> Howard,
>
>
> If you are using Windows XP Home then, you may try booting the
> computer in safe mode. (Press the F8 key during startup to start the
> computer in Safe mode.)
> Type the user name as Administrator and leave the password blank and
> click
> OK.
>
> or
>
> If still no luck, use Start> Run> msconfig> Boot.ini. Select the
> /Safeboot
> option. Restart the computer. It will load to Safe Mode. Before
> leaving Safe Mode, uncheck the box for /Safeboot.
>
> When you boot in safe mode, you'll be using the administrator account.
> You can then create new accounts with administrative privileges and
> set their passwords as you like; you can also change the passwords of
> all accounts, including the one that is giving you trouble.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> .On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 21:37:53 -0600, howard kainz <hkainz@wi.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>>I tried Ctr+Alt+Del twice, several times during boot, and nothing
>>happened. I have XP Home edition, so I don't know if that works. I did
>> download tweakUI, and tried to use it a few times, for automatic
>>logon. The logon message comes up with "administrator" but there's
>>also a message that I can't logon "because of an account" -- whatever
>>that means. I've never had a password to logon, but I'm continually
>>asked for an adminstrator password. The third time I used tweakUI, I
>>decided to try putting in a password. So the password came out in dots,
>>but the same message about not being able to logon came up. I'm really
>>hoping not to have to reinstall. I have over 60,000 files on my C:
>>drive, as well as programs in 6 other partitions.
>> Howard Kainz
>>
>>roger wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 23:01:39 GMT, howard kainz <hkainz@wi.rr.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I used to logon as administrator by just clicking "OK." To get rid of
>>>>the logon, I ran the command, "control userpasswords2" to set up an
>>>>automatic logon. Now the logon doesn't allow me in as administrator and
>>>>I have to use my user name and click "OK". Of course there are a number
>>>>of programs that I can't use without being administrator. I would
>>>>rather not reinstall xp. One problem is that I would probably have to
>>>>be logged in as adminstrator to fix the problem. Thanks in advance for
>>>>any solutions to this.
>>>> Howard Kainz
>>>
>>>
>>>Press Ctrl +Alt + Del twice during boot and you should be able to log
>>>on as administrator.
>>>
>>>You can download tweakUI, which is part of Windows XP Power Toys to
>>>select which accounts are visible on the welcome screen:
>>>
>>>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
>>>
>>>Good luck
>
>
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