Re: Password is TOO long

Hi Gene:
That was my first thought when the incident happened as well. I
noticed right away that when I got through part of the password that the last
three charactors didn't show up as little black dots and figured I was in
trouble. Sure enough, the password didn't work. So, knowing I'm senile, I
tried again a several times more without success the windows login and in
safe mode, referring to a written copy each time and making sure the
caplocks weren't on etc and the login failed each time. Normally when you
type something into a small box, the previous entries slide left out of
sight as you finish......this wasn't the case on the login page. When I
tried Jan's (operating system saving) tip, the password worked first try.
What a relief! Just for curiousity's sake.......change your password to a
real long one and change your DPI setting to 120 temporarily and see if you
don't experience the same result if you are using XP Media Center 2005
operating system. It really seems like a defect in the program to
me.......they suggest using a "strong password" and using M.S. password check
site, I made mine "strong"..........too strong! lol If the password set-up
allows that many charactors, it really should work at log-in with any
display setting I would think. Anyway, I'm sure sleeping better now thanks
to Jan's on-the-spot tip! The computer manufacture said that re-installing
the O.S. was the only alternative. One microsoft support webpage said when
the computer is set up in a network that re-installation was the only
alternative when the password fails as well. As a senior citizen learning to
play with computers, I certainly wasn't looking forward to re-installing
Media Center 2005 from the back-up disks and then trying to configure all the
settings, drives etc for equipment I've added in. Thanks for your input
though, I'm always looking for advice to improve my skills.

xiowan..........in tucson

"Gene E. Bloch" wrote:

I wonder, though. Are you sure the last few characters didn't enter, or
did they just not SEEM to enter (since you were at the end of the
allotted space)?

I realize you probably typed the whole thing (in spite of how it
looked) and got the error message, but if you didn't and if your
passwords are still long, you could try the experiment.

Gino

On 5/20/2006, xiowan posted this:
Hi Jan:
Your solution worked great. I couldn't sleep all night last night
thinking I'd have to re-install the operating system and you fixed it with a
couple of clicks on the keyboard! I think the reason the password sign-in
box didn't have room for the password is that I changed the DPI setting to
large size (120 DPI) to make the desktop icons bigger! Anyway, I really,
really appreciate you saving the day for me!!!!!

xiowan..........in tucson

"Jan Wagner" wrote:

xiowan wrote:
Hi All:
In setting up a network for two computers, I learned that I should not
use an account with administration priviledges all the time for security
reasons. My Media Center 2005 computer came with one account labeled
"OWNER" with administrative power and a "guest" account that was not
enabled. I put a lengthy (STRONG) password on the "OWNER" account and
wrote it down! I then opened a new user account with limited priviledges
and designated a different lengthy (STRONG) password for that account.
The first time I tried to log in after that, both passwords were too long
to type in the box allowed. The last several charactors just do not
enter. I tried using safe mode to see if I could get into the computer
but both accounts ask for a password and they won't fit! First I selected
ADMINISTRATOR and left it blank and pressed ENTER, but it just asks if I
forgot my password. I'm not sure why the operating system let me select
too many charactors but it sure leaves me in a bad situation. I would
appreciate any helpful info you might have.

Not sure if it really helps, maybe you wrote up the passwords wrong or
made a typo, but, anyway, you could try pressing ctrl-alt-del twice on
the login screen. That will give you the "proper" Log On to Windows
dialog box for entering user name and password, with a longer password
line, maybe that'll work for you.

regards,
- Jan


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