Re: Please Help! Log-on Password Problem

From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 07/01/03 

Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 23:07:29 -0600

Mike;
However remote almost anything is possible.

Reboot to Safe Mode, select Administrator, leave password blank.
Then go to User Accounts in Control Panel.
Select the user and change the password.
If you are using Windows XP Pro and have encrypted data, you may
permanently lose access to the encrypted data.

Here are other options:
http://www.wininternals.com/products/repairandrecovery/index.asp
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/product.cfm?id=265&affid=wxpnews

Another option is to install Windows XP on another partition and take
Ownership of your data.
You could also perform another installation on the same partition,
although this is not a permanent fix and it is recommended to perform
a Clean Installation after retrieving your data. 

-- 
Jupiter Jones  [MVP]
An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.
"Mike" <webb01@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:074501c33f8c$f63a67e0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Jupiter:  I can't get past the password even if I leave
> it blank.  No one has gotten into the computer here.  Is
> it possible someone got into it while I was on-line via
> my wireless connection? I last used it about four days
> ago and simply shut it down.  I try now and it does this.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Mike;
> >What happens if you leave the password blank?
> >Find out who changed the system and added a password.
> >
> >-- 
> >Jupiter Jones  [MVP]
> >An easier way to read newsgroup messages:
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/s
> etup.asp
> >Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.
> >
> >
> >"Mike" <webb01@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> >news:04c201c33f76$fc4ad7c0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Today I tried logging on to my laptop and a new "guest
> >> user" user was on screen and I was being prompted for a
> >> password on each of the usre's.  I never set a password
> >> on my laptop.  It will not let me log-in without a
> >> password, but there isn't a password??  I tried booting
> >> up in safe mode, I tried cnt-alt-del to sign on as
> system
> >> admin, but still a password is required. Please help!!
> >> What can I do??
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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