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Poof!...and now there's a login screen
I have a laptop running XP home that I originally set up
with password login. No login screen at startup at all, just right into the desktop. Now a funny thing has happened. Literally overnight, a login screen at startup has appeared, with two accounts, what I assume must be the main account, and a guest account. Of course, since I never setup any passwords for the main account, and don't know a Guest password, I can't login to my machine. Can anyone help me to understand what might have happened and how to fix it. Many thanks in advance, Alan |
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Poof!...and now there's a login screen
Alan;
See this for the password issue: http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/lostpass.htm Once you are in: Start/Run Type "control userpasswords2" ENTER Uncheck "Users must enter..." Click OK and follow prompts. This will eliminate the need for a password at logon. -- Jupiter Jones [MVP] http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/ "Alan" wrote in message ... I have a laptop running XP home that I originally set up with password login. No login screen at startup at all, just right into the desktop. Now a funny thing has happened. Literally overnight, a login screen at startup has appeared, with two accounts, what I assume must be the main account, and a guest account. Of course, since I never setup any passwords for the main account, and don't know a Guest password, I can't login to my machine. Can anyone help me to understand what might have happened and how to fix it. Many thanks in advance, Alan |
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Poof!...and now there's a login screen
Jupiter,
Thanks for your help, but I think I have not explained my problem very well, and there is a misleading typo in my first post. I meant to say that this machine was NOT set up with a password login and I never set any administrator passwords up for the main account. The BIOS also has no password set for the administrator account. The system would always just go right to the desktop on startup and never require a login at all. Then, from one time it was on to the next, the login screen now appears at startup, and since I never set any passwords, I can't get into the system. It shows two accounts, one with my name, and one that is 'guest'. I've tried everything I know to login, but nothing works. Is there a default guest password and would it give me access to administrator privileges so I could reset this out, or am I stuck with a reinstall? What might have caused this in the first place? Thanks again, Alan -----Original Message----- Alan; See this for the password issue: http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/lostpass.htm Once you are in: Start/Run Type "control userpasswords2" ENTER Uncheck "Users must enter..." Click OK and follow prompts. This will eliminate the need for a password at logon. -- Jupiter Jones [MVP] http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/ "Alan" wrote in message ... I have a laptop running XP home that I originally set up with password login. No login screen at startup at all, just right into the desktop. Now a funny thing has happened. Literally overnight, a login screen at startup has appeared, with two accounts, what I assume must be the main account, and a guest account. Of course, since I never setup any passwords for the main account, and don't know a Guest password, I can't login to my machine. Can anyone help me to understand what might have happened and how to fix it. Many thanks in advance, Alan . |
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Poof!...and now there's a login screen
Alan;
The link I gave still applies. If Windows thinks there is a password, then that is the fix. There is no default password. The only passwords in Windows are put there by a user. Could someone else had set a password, accidentally or deliberately, possibly with mischief in mind? The second part of my post tells how to set computer to boot directly without asking for a password thus getting the computer where you want it once you have access. -- Jupiter Jones [MVP] http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/ wrote in message ... Jupiter, Thanks for your help, but I think I have not explained my problem very well, and there is a misleading typo in my first post. I meant to say that this machine was NOT set up with a password login and I never set any administrator passwords up for the main account. The BIOS also has no password set for the administrator account. The system would always just go right to the desktop on startup and never require a login at all. Then, from one time it was on to the next, the login screen now appears at startup, and since I never set any passwords, I can't get into the system. It shows two accounts, one with my name, and one that is 'guest'. I've tried everything I know to login, but nothing works. Is there a default guest password and would it give me access to administrator privileges so I could reset this out, or am I stuck with a reinstall? What might have caused this in the first place? Thanks again, Alan -----Original Message----- Alan; See this for the password issue: http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/lostpass.htm Once you are in: Start/Run Type "control userpasswords2" ENTER Uncheck "Users must enter..." Click OK and follow prompts. This will eliminate the need for a password at logon. -- Jupiter Jones [MVP] http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/ "Alan" wrote in message ... I have a laptop running XP home that I originally set up with password login. No login screen at startup at all, just right into the desktop. Now a funny thing has happened. Literally overnight, a login screen at startup has appeared, with two accounts, what I assume must be the main account, and a guest account. Of course, since I never setup any passwords for the main account, and don't know a Guest password, I can't login to my machine. Can anyone help me to understand what might have happened and how to fix it. Many thanks in advance, Alan . |
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