Re: DESPERATE! Unable to log onto Computer!
- From: mpracer <mpracer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:04:48 -0700
This same problem has happened to me 2 times now & I'm sick of it!!! I am
logging on as the admin as it shows I am on user accounts ID. When I try to
remove programs then it tells me consult the admin. Hello I am the admin..
What is changing my settings??? Is it so I have to pay someone to repair it
to justify thier means?? I have made a back up admin account but I am afraid
to use it as last time again I was the admin as showing in user accounts, so
I deleted My secondary acct go back to remove programs now I'm locked out of
my own computer. Passwords are required to change anything in my computer as
well as everytime I log on. I am not good on computers, as I think all they
are around for is so some one else can get into my personal info &/or so they
can make a living off the poor
people who do not know how to fix thier own problems!!! I will throw away
another computer again because of these kind of errors but they still win in
the end as I had to buy another POS!!! What is changing my settings. I have
Norton sysytem works w/internet security 07, again I am not good on computers
but I had to fix a couple problems on mine & coworkers lap tops because the
computer wizard who makes 80k a year couldn't fix them. I did in less than 5
mins. but this one has got me & I am tired of having to reload all of my bs
back on to harddrive after reformatting. I used to back up all things & later
found out that the back up discs the compter keeps telling to create was just
the bs from the 1st day you bought the computer. Most of this sytuff is
deleeted off of mine & I do not want this software.
I have since learned I needed a mirroring Image program, there again they
win as you have to spend more money, system restore if you are the admin
might work accept of 2 other problems involving norton & a compatability
problem they neglect to tell you till after you have purchased software.
Anyway any Ideas on how to keep these a holes out of my computer is greatly
appreciated.
MPRACER is frustrated with the money pit of computer technology.
"Harry Ohrn" wrote:
"Peaceworks" <Peaceworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message.
news:AA92B370-38F8-4646-B863-73B9C27C8134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have much info to pass on here and haven't written it before so I askfor
your patience with my lack of knowledge and proper language.Outlook
I use Win XP Pro on a Pentium lll with RAM upgraded to 360MB. I use
Express and Internet Explorer.you're
Mid-February I booted my computer and for the first time was met with a
request to enter a Password as Administrator. Previously, I had the system
set up so that no Password was required for logon. Also, I'd been using
another user account in my name without a password, and there was, as
aware, a Guest user account without password.Setup
The only password I'd used before as Administrator was to set Privacy and
Security settings for internet. This password is not being accepted.
Furthermore, in consultion with phone-in MS Support, I tried accessing
while booting by use of the Delete key. As I understand it, the hope wasthat
we could achieve access to the BIOS. Again, I was asked to "Enter Currentstart
Password". Nothing has worked.
Microsoft advised that I must take the unit to the manufacturer. I've done
so, though no longer under warranty, and just yesterday was advised by the
shop tech there is nothing to be done other than uninstall the OS and
over.a
My concerns are:
1) I have on the hard drive approximately half the research and writing of
book I'd been working on for several months (I should have been morediligent
in backing up the material externally but have done so with only a smallanyway
portion of the material). Also, my entire Address Book and other received
files are in the Outlook Express folders.
2) I no longer have all the diskettes needed to reinstall drivers.
3) If the shop tech can remove the OS, why can't I do it with MS Support
over the phone?
4) I received an email from the MS Customer Service Manager yesterday,
inviting me to contact their supprt technicians in order to resolve the
matter. Do they now know something they didn't during the many hours and
events I've spent with them on the phone this month? I will call them
once I get my PC back.
The reason I haven't contacted this Newsgroup Forum was I had no computer
until yesterday. I took an old Pentium ll I had in the basement and after
dusting it off, upgraded RAM to 128MB, installed Win 98 and activated an
internet account.It is this unit I'm currently using.
Please forgive the length of this post and I hope I've supplied sufficient
info to enable someone to help me.
Thanking you in advance, I am...
Terry
--
Peaceis not to be pursued; it is a by-product of love.
First about the password request. Are you being asked for this just after
the computer is started and before you see the Windows logo screen? If so
then it is likely a BIOS password that is being asked for. It is possible
that someone has accessed the BIOS and set a password that prevents your
computer from booting. If you try booting off a Windows 98 Startup disk and
you receive the same message then it is a BIOS password. You will need to
clear the BIOS to remove the password. Consult your motherboard manual on
how to do this. However the tech should have recognized this and advised you
of it.
If this is indeed a problem with the Administrator account you can try using
this tool to remove any administrator password that exists
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/tools/ntpassword/ntpasswordhack.zip Just
follow the instructions included.
Failing the above you can still access your drive and get your data off of
it. You need to have some basic hardware skills. Connect the drive to your
Windows 98 system but ensure you set the jumper on the back of the drive to
the Slave position. Because Windows 98 cannot read an NTFS formatted drive
(which is likely what your XP drive is formatted as) you will need a tool.
NTFS Reader for DOS should help. Download it from
http://www.ntfs.com/products.htm . Boot with the NTFS Reader for DOS disc
and use it to copy the files from your XP drive over to the drive on your
Windows 98 system. You can later transfer them back to the XP machine when
you get it up and running again.
--
Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
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