Passwords

[Jack McGenily]

A short time ago I sent my Packard Bell easy one silver
lap top to be repaired, (a problem with the cd rom)

It came back fixed but when I logged in using the
password it did not recognise it.Try as I might it would
not accept it. In the end I was forced to load in a
second operation system to get the use of the machine.

Any ideas?

Plus any suggestions on how to get rid of these
irratating pop up messages.?

Jack McGenily

[Jim Macklin]

Probably the repair shop blanked your passwords, copied all
your private data, and installed the replacement CD ROM.

Maybe they didn't copy all your data.


"Jack McGenily" > wrote in
message ...
| A short time ago I sent my Packard Bell easy one silver
| lap top to be repaired, (a problem with the cd rom)
|
| It came back fixed but when I logged in using the
| password it did not recognise it.Try as I might it would
| not accept it. In the end I was forced to load in a
| second operation system to get the use of the machine.
|
| Any ideas?
|
| Plus any suggestions on how to get rid of these
| irratating pop up messages.?
|
| Jack McGenily

[Mcploppy ©]

Hi Jack,

:: Plus any suggestions on how to get rid of these
:: irratating pop up messages.?

These messages are caused by the windows messenger service, however, the
messenger service is not the problem, the real problem is the fact that you
are not running a firewall, or if you are, you haven't blocked ports
137-139.

Disabling the messenger service will stop the popups, but if you have file
and print sharing bound to your external TCP/IP connection, then you could
also potentially be sharing your entire hard disk with the world since
netBIOS uses ports 137-139.

A good firewall can be found at www.zonelabs.com

The small "ShootTheMessenger" Messenger service enabler/disabler will turn
off the messenger.

http://grc.com/miscfiles/ShootTheMessenger.exe

Or you can do it manually:

Disabling the Messenger Service
To remove the ability for anyone in the world to pop up messages on your
computer, you can disable the Messenger service. Its easy to reverse at a
later time if you wish to do so.

Windows XP Home
Click Start->Settings ->Control Panel
Click Performance and Maintenance
Click Administrative Tools
Double click Services Scroll
down and highlight "Messenger"
Right-click the highlighted line and choose Properties.
Click the STOP button.
Select Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll bar
Click OK

Windows XP Professional
Click Start->Settings ->Control Panel
Click Administrative Tools
Click Services
Double click Services Scroll
down and highlight "Messenger"
Right-click the highlighted line and choose Properties.
Click the STOP button.
Select Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll bar
Click OK

HTH

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Greg Crawford
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<Jack McGenily> typed:
:: A short time ago I sent my Packard Bell easy one silver
:: lap top to be repaired, (a problem with the cd rom)
::
:: It came back fixed but when I logged in using the
:: password it did not recognise it.Try as I might it would
:: not accept it. In the end I was forced to load in a
:: second operation system to get the use of the machine.
::
:: Any ideas?
::
:: Plus any suggestions on how to get rid of these
:: irratating pop up messages.?
::
:: Jack McGenily