Please Help! Log-on Password Problem

[Mike]

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??

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Mike;
What happens if you leave the password blank?
Find out who changed the system and added a password.

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"Mike" > wrote in message
...
> 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??

[Mike]

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" > wrote in message
...
>> 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??
>
>
>.
>

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

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" > wrote in message
...
> 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" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> 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??
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Mike]

Jupiter: I have triedthat. It won't let me in even when
I leave the password line blank!!
>-----Original Message-----
>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/in
dex.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/s
etup.asp
>Please respond to newsgroup only for everyone's benefit.
>
>
>"Mike" > wrote in message
...
>> 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" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >> 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??
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>