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WinXP Home - Failure logging in after hard power off
Hello all,
I encountered a strange problem a little earlier. USB support on my XP Home based laptop stopped working, so I went to shut down and restart Windows. The machine never responded to the shutdown command. After waiting for a bit, and after verifying all disc I/O had ceased, I held the power button down. When the box came back up, I was presented with the normal XP login screen. After entering my credentials, I encountered the following error message: "The system could not log you on. Make sure your User name and domain are correct, then type your password again. Letters in passwords must be typed using the correct case." I know the password is correct because I haven't changed it since it was created 9 months ago. All the common password error causes (caps-lock, 'stuck' control/shift/alt/other keys) have been ruled out. The laptop isn't connected to a network so the domain shouldn't be an issue. At this point I'm lost; the current account is the only account on the box, having renamed the default account to it's current settings. I've taken the laptop drive out and hooked it via a USB based enclosure to my desktop, also a XP home based machine. Running a chkdsk on the laptop drive from the desktop indicates no problems. Unfortunately, the two machines I'm using were not shipped with recovery discs, so I'm a bit lost as to how to proceed. Any pointers appreciated; thanks in advance! |
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WinXP Home - Failure logging in after hard power off
"David W. Poole, Jr." wrote in message ... Hello all, I encountered a strange problem a little earlier. USB support on my XP Home based laptop stopped working, so I went to shut down and restart Windows. The machine never responded to the shutdown command. After waiting for a bit, and after verifying all disc I/O had ceased, I held the power button down. When the box came back up, I was presented with the normal XP login screen. After entering my credentials, I encountered the following error message: "The system could not log you on. Make sure your User name and domain are correct, then type your password again. Letters in passwords must be typed using the correct case." I know the password is correct because I haven't changed it since it was created 9 months ago. All the common password error causes (caps-lock, 'stuck' control/shift/alt/other keys) have been ruled out. The laptop isn't connected to a network so the domain shouldn't be an issue. At this point I'm lost; the current account is the only account on the box, having renamed the default account to it's current settings. I've taken the laptop drive out and hooked it via a USB based enclosure to my desktop, also a XP home based machine. Running a chkdsk on the laptop drive from the desktop indicates no problems. Unfortunately, the two machines I'm using were not shipped with recovery discs, so I'm a bit lost as to how to proceed. Any pointers appreciated; thanks in advance! At the login screen press Ctrl+Alt+Del twice in succession, then log on as "Administrator" and the administrator's password. You can now reset your own password. |
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WinXP Home - Failure logging in after hard power off
Hi. This is the meow-send program at usenet. I'm afraid I wasn't able
to deliver any clue to the following address: "David W. Poole, Jr." This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out. Any pointers appreciated; thanks in advance! Please ignore; issue resolved. |
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WinXP Home - Failure logging in after hard power off
"Pegasus \(MVP\)" wrote:
At the login screen press Ctrl+Alt+Del twice in succession, then log on as "Administrator" and the administrator's password. You can now reset your own password. That was the magic; thanks! |
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WinXP Home - Failure logging in after hard power off
Weird. Try using a different keyboard in case there is a problem with it. If
all else fails see the link below on how to proceed but since you are using XP Home try first booting into Safe mode to see if you can logon as administrator which may have a blank password and if you can then you can use the administrator account to reset your user password. Steve http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_admini...r_password.htm "David W. Poole, Jr." wrote in message ... Hello all, I encountered a strange problem a little earlier. USB support on my XP Home based laptop stopped working, so I went to shut down and restart Windows. The machine never responded to the shutdown command. After waiting for a bit, and after verifying all disc I/O had ceased, I held the power button down. When the box came back up, I was presented with the normal XP login screen. After entering my credentials, I encountered the following error message: "The system could not log you on. Make sure your User name and domain are correct, then type your password again. Letters in passwords must be typed using the correct case." I know the password is correct because I haven't changed it since it was created 9 months ago. All the common password error causes (caps-lock, 'stuck' control/shift/alt/other keys) have been ruled out. The laptop isn't connected to a network so the domain shouldn't be an issue. At this point I'm lost; the current account is the only account on the box, having renamed the default account to it's current settings. I've taken the laptop drive out and hooked it via a USB based enclosure to my desktop, also a XP home based machine. Running a chkdsk on the laptop drive from the desktop indicates no problems. Unfortunately, the two machines I'm using were not shipped with recovery discs, so I'm a bit lost as to how to proceed. Any pointers appreciated; thanks in advance! |
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