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OK, weird one...daugther at college broke the 'H' key from her laptop, no
longer can get an 'H' and of course, its in her Windows Logon password. I have no idea how to defeat this so she can have acces to laptop for school work (yeah right...). A new keyboard is on its way, but in the meantime, I'm looking for suggestions on how to disable this option without using the password (including the 'H'. Appreciate any help! |
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Mark wrote:
OK, weird one...daugther at college broke the 'H' key from her laptop, no longer can get an 'H' and of course, its in her Windows Logon password. I have no idea how to defeat this so she can have acces to laptop for school work (yeah right...). A new keyboard is on its way, but in the meantime, I'm looking for suggestions on how to disable this option without using the password (including the 'H'. Appreciate any help! If she has XP Home Edition, just boot into Safe Mode where you will now see the normally hidden Administrator account. Unless you changed it, the default password is a blank. Log in with that account and go to the User Accounts applet in Control Panel. You can then remove your daughter's password entirely. If you have XP Pro, at the Welcome Screen you can do Ctrl-Alt-Del twice to get the classic Windows logon box. Type in "Administrator" and the password for the Administrator account (which will be whatever you used when you set up the machine). Malke -- MS-MVP Windows User/Shell Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic" |
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Additionally, many laptops have a plug in port for a PS2 keyboard or mouse, and assuming the laptop has USB ports, you could also use a USB keyboard to bypass the built-in one.
-- Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display\Security Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com -------------------------------- Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. "Mark" wrote in message ... OK, weird one...daugther at college broke the 'H' key from her laptop, no longer can get an 'H' and of course, its in her Windows Logon password. I have no idea how to defeat this so she can have acces to laptop for school work (yeah right...). A new keyboard is on its way, but in the meantime, I'm looking for suggestions on how to disable this option without using the password (including the 'H'. Appreciate any help! |
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