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Password Crisis, Please Help!
I use a computer with Windows XP, connected to the Internet through a wired
network. It's in a non-profit office with no tech support help. Usually, when I start up my computer, I get a log-on screen, with "owner" in the username and the password blank. I just click on "OK" and everything is fine. Today when I got the log-on screen, both the username and password were blank. I tried putting in "owner" and leaving the password blank, but it keeps telling me it's an invalid password. I don't have a password! What do I do? Thanks for your help. Sincerely, Confused and Bewildered |
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Password Crisis, Please Help!
try entering Administrator in the user field .. leave the password blank
then click enter... Administrator with no password is the default user when OS is installed. Most do not change this setting so it remains active Once you get in, go to users and reestablish your user account. Jeff "Betty" wrote in message ... I use a computer with Windows XP, connected to the Internet through a wired network. It's in a non-profit office with no tech support help. Usually, when I start up my computer, I get a log-on screen, with "owner" in the username and the password blank. I just click on "OK" and everything is fine. Today when I got the log-on screen, both the username and password were blank. I tried putting in "owner" and leaving the password blank, but it keeps telling me it's an invalid password. I don't have a password! What do I do? Thanks for your help. Sincerely, Confused and Bewildered |
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Password Crisis, Please Help!
Hi Jeff - Thanks for the quick feedback, but that didn't work either. As far
as I know it has always come up as Owner without a password, but regardless, neither Administrator or Admin worked. Any other suggestions for a desperate clueless soul? "Jeff" wrote in message ... try entering Administrator in the user field .. leave the password blank then click enter... Administrator with no password is the default user when OS is installed. Most do not change this setting so it remains active Once you get in, go to users and reestablish your user account. Jeff "Betty" wrote in message ... I use a computer with Windows XP, connected to the Internet through a wired network. It's in a non-profit office with no tech support help. Usually, when I start up my computer, I get a log-on screen, with "owner" in the username and the password blank. I just click on "OK" and everything is fine. Today when I got the log-on screen, both the username and password were blank. I tried putting in "owner" and leaving the password blank, but it keeps telling me it's an invalid password. I don't have a password! What do I do? Thanks for your help. Sincerely, Confused and Bewildered |
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Password Crisis, Please Help!
Betty wrote:
I use a computer with Windows XP, connected to the Internet through a wired network. It's in a non-profit office with no tech support help. Usually, when I start up my computer, I get a log-on screen, with "owner" in the username and the password blank. I just click on "OK" and everything is fine. Today when I got the log-on screen, both the username and password were blank. I tried putting in "owner" and leaving the password blank, but it keeps telling me it's an invalid password. I don't have a password! What do I do? Thanks for your help. Sincerely, Try this: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html |
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