Help!...locked out of my computer

[Ken]

Did you find an answer? My laptop was stolen, I recovered
it, but now I cannot get past the power on login. Any
Ideas?
Thanks
>-----Original 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??
>.
>

[Jupiter Jones]

Ken;
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

Since it was stolen and now recovered, I would suggest a Clean
Installation.
A Clean Installation will remove any corruption, spyware etc the thief
left for you.

--
Jupiter Jones
Check the following link for some great problem solving newsgroups.
http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx
Please respond to newsgroup only. Everyone can benefit from the
message.


"Ken" > wrote in message
...
> Did you find an answer? My laptop was stolen, I recovered
> it, but now I cannot get past the power on login. Any
> Ideas?
> Thanks
> >-----Original 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??
> >.
> >