Re: Password problems..

"Becca" <Becca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The problem still is that I can't GET to the control panel. It wants a
password on the welcome screen and won't let me past that point without
one.
Even in Safe Mode, I can't reset the admin password or get to the control
panel. Thanks so much, I may not have been clear enough on my first post
(first ever) :)

Thanks again for your post!

You may find that you need a password reset utility. There are a number
of these available as bootable disk images; some are based on Linux
distributions. You will need to be able to burn a CD to do this.

If this is XP Home, you have no problems with this. You can reset the
passwords and get back into all the accounts.

But if it's XP Pro, you need to be aware that changing the password from
outside the account will - not can - permanently prevent access to files and
folders that were encrypted using XP Pro's built-in EFS encryption (unless
you have the credentials backed up or designated a Recovery Agent - this is
often not done as it isn't required or even prompted). If you have XP Pro
and you even think you might have invoked encryption, STOP and consider your
options while you still have some.

Even if you are the only person using the system, you should create a
password, because some things require it. For example, the Windows Task
Scheduler by default will not run scheduled tasks (like backups or virus
scans) using a local account that has no password. This is a security
feature, and can be disabled, but you shouldn't. Instead, add a password
and use TweakUI to have it remembered.

HTH
-pk



"Claymore" wrote:

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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