Re: Logon problem

Of historical note on Tue, 1 Apr 2008 10:01:01 -0700
C Tate <CTate@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> scribed:

|OK, I did this. Now the dialogue comes up with administrator in the username
|box. It asks for a password. I don't know what it is. I tried administrator.
|Didn't work. Now I can't even get into windows. Help.
|
|"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
|
|> I recommend you choose a password, but you don't have to. Go to start/run,
|> and type 'control userpasswords2' , Uncheck the password option, and follow
|> the wizard. This will log you on without asking for the password
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|> "C Tate" <CTate@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
|> news:BC91734B-A8D1-466B-B7C1-254C915CCEEE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
|> > I use Win XP. When I login to Windows I get a dialogue box coming up
|> > asking
|> > me to enter a username and a password. I want to get rid of this so I log
|> > straight in to Windows. How can I get rid of the box?
|> >
|> > A further problem which has appeared recently is a message box appearing
|> > which says 'wrong username or password'. I can still login even though I
|> > think I have actually removed the password. At any rate, I certainly don't
|> > enter a password but I can still login! Clearly the message is wrong and I
|> > want to stop that appearing too.
|> >
|> > Any advice would be much appreciated.
|> >
|> >

If you have never assigned a password most likely it is still the default (just leave it blank) and see if you get in.

hth
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Terry Bradshaw
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