Help!...locked out of my computer

[Will McHale]

6 months using XP (home) and not one problem. Yesterday I
ok'd a microsoft "install updates" to my computer and
after booting up today I find myself locked out. Normally
I logged in w/o the computer ever asking for a password,
now it asks me for a password and won't boot to the
desktop without one.
Trying to click past the request or pressing <enter>
doesn't work...I'm locked out. Something in the MS
upgrade screwed me, and since I'm using a dealer copy,
microsft won't support it.

Any suggestions??

[Jupiter Jones]

Will;
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;321305
Or
Reboot to Safe Mode, select Administrator, leave password blank.
Then go to User Accounts in Control Panel.
Select the user and change the password.

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

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"Will McHale" > wrote in message
...
> 6 months using XP (home) and not one problem. Yesterday I
> ok'd a microsoft "install updates" to my computer and
> after booting up today I find myself locked out. Normally
> I logged in w/o the computer ever asking for a password,
> now it asks me for a password and won't boot to the
> desktop without one.
> Trying to click past the request or pressing <enter>
> doesn't work...I'm locked out. Something in the MS
> upgrade screwed me, and since I'm using a dealer copy,
> microsft won't support it.
>
> Any suggestions??