Re: Password problems..

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On May 11, 7:32 pm, Becca <Be...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Recently, my computer had some windows updates.  I let them install and then
when I rebooted, Windows asked for a password.  I am the only user on this
home computer so I did not ever set one.  It won't let me log on at all.  
I've tried entering nothing and everything I can think of.   I've tried
rebooting into safe mode, and again it asks for passwords for Administrator
and myself.
I'm not a computer expert by a long run, but am hoping that someone might
have had the same experience and may have some help for this problem.

Try one or both of these:

If you're being asked for a username and password, try this:

Go to Control Panel => User Accounts => Change the way users log on or
off => check the 'Use the Welcome screen box'.


If it's having to click a name in the Welcome screen, try this:

Go to Start => Run and type in "control userpasswords" {without the
quotes, and there's a space after "Control"}

Uncheck the box "Users must enter a user name and password to use this
computer".

.



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