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How do I remove the start-up password?
"Tom" wrote in message
... Since I'm the only person who uses this laptop (Windows XP Business Edition) I would like to just turn it on and have it start Windows without prompting me for a password. Right now the password is null but I have to click on "Go" (or whatever the prompt is) without entering anything. I am the only user as well as the administrator. Thanks, Tom Hi Tom, By "Business Edition", I assume you mean XP Professional Edition. That is what I'm using, Service Pack 3. How to enable autologon in Windows XP Professional: • Click Start, click Run, type or paste next line and press Enter key: control userpasswords2 • Checkmark Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer. • Click your User Name • UN-check Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer. • Click OK. An "Automatically Log On" dialog should appear. • If you have a password, enter it twice, or if not, leave blank. • click OK. (Use your new found freedom wisely! FWIW. --Richard |
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How do I remove the start-up password?
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
... Go to START | RUN. Type in: control userpasswords2 In the resulting window, uncheck the box that requires users to log-in and note the exact spelling of the principle users name. In the next window, type in that users name in place of "Administrator". If required, then put in the user's password. Now when you startup, you will still see the word "Welcome" but the computer will go directly to your desktop when all startup programs are complete. Hi Bruce, That method sounds a little risky, since passwords are case-sensitive, and a typing error might make the computer try to autologon with an apparently non existent user account, and resultant error. With accounts with no password set, the following method does not require any typing: How to enable autologon in Windows XP Professional: • Click Start, click Run, type or paste next line and press Enter key: control userpasswords2 • Checkmark Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer. • Click your User Name • UN-check Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer. • Click OK. An "Automatically Log On" dialog should appear. • If you have a password, enter it twice, or if not, leave blank. • click OK. (Use your new found freedom wisely! FWIW. --Richard |
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How do I remove the start-up password?
"John John - MVP" wrote in message
... In oder to be able to Autologon the account must be password protected, I'm not sure why the system even let you configure the unprotected account for Autologon. Hi John, (Hi John, That is not quite right. If the user name has a password, the Autologon setup dialog should not let you configure it without entering a password; I just tried it with a non-password account and it works fine like this: How to enable autologon in Windows XP Professional: • Click Start, click Run, type or paste next line and press Enter key: control userpasswords2 • Checkmark Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer. • Click your User Name • UN-check Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer. • Click OK. An "Automatically Log On" dialog should appear. • If you have a password, enter it twice, or if not, leave blank. • click OK. (Use your new found freedom wisely! FWIW. --Richard |
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How do I remove the start-up password?
"Tom" wrote in message
... John John - MVP wrote: John John - MVP wrote: Tom wrote: Bruce Hagen wrote: "Tom" wrote in message ... Since I'm the only person who uses this laptop (Windows XP Business Edition) I would like to just turn it on and have it start Windows without prompting me for a password. Right now the password is null but I have to click on "Go" (or whatever the prompt is) without entering anything. I am the only user as well as the administrator. Thanks, Tom Go to START | RUN. Type in: control userpasswords2 In the resulting window, uncheck the box that requires users to log-in and note the exact spelling of the principle users name. In the next window, type in that users name in place of "Administrator". If required, then put in the user's password. Now when you startup, you will still see the word "Welcome" but the computer will go directly to your desktop when all startup programs are complete. Bruce, I did exactly what you said and I'm locked out of Windows. When I attempt to log on I get 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 exact case. Then I can not go any further. All windows will let me do is shut down. In oder to be able to Autologon the account must be password protected, I'm not sure why the system even let you configure the unprotected account for Autologon. At the logon screen try hitting Ctrl+Alt+Del *twice* and see if you can logon normally, if you can't try loging on to Safe Mode. PS: Booting to the Last Known Good Configuration might get you out of this predicament, try that before Safe Mode. John When I reboot and press F8 the menu that comes up only presents two choices: Windows XP and IBM Recovery. As far as I know, the latter will get me in to IBM Rescue and Recovery. And since I haven't saved my current C drive to an external drive since I began the setup process three days ago, I don't think I can use IBM Recovery. I also tried Ctrl+Alt+Del *twice* and I might as well have peen pushing on the Page Down key. It totally ignored me. Tom Hi again Tom, During POST (Power On Self Test) some computers use F8 for a boot menu, which is possibly what happened in your case. Try choosing Windows XP and immediately press F8 again to get the Windows Advanced menu. Instead of F8, during startup, see if Alt+Ctrl+Enter gets you to the menu where Safe Mode is an option. Pressing Alt+Ctrl+Delete at the user logon twice should get you manual logon where you can type Administrator as the user, and leave password blank unless you have established a password for the default Administrator account. When you got the "system could not log you on" message, did you only have a password box, so you could not enter a different user name? HTH. (Hope This Helps. --Richard |
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How do I remove the start-up password?
I have the same/similar problem...I have windows xp home edition, i'm stuck
at the logon prompt and i can't type anything in the password box, nor change my user name- all i can do is shut down.Pressing ctrl/alt/del (twice) doesn't do anything, nor does holding down 'shift' at startup. I can get to safe mode but it takes me to the same exact screen that i see in regular mode (with the same issue). I can get to recovery console if i boot up from my recovery disk...problem is, i don't know what to do next once i get to c:\windows. (it accepted my system administrator password, so i'm thinking i must have an admin and a guest account.) Anyway, now what do I do? I have never edited a registry. Basically I just want to logon to my pc. help! |
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How do I remove the start-up password?
SuzyQ wrote:
I have the same/similar problem...I have windows xp home edition, i'm stuck at the logon prompt and i can't type anything in the password box, nor change my user name- all i can do is shut down.Pressing ctrl/alt/del (twice) doesn't do anything, nor does holding down 'shift' at startup. I can get to safe mode but it takes me to the same exact screen that i see in regular mode (with the same issue). I can get to recovery console if i boot up from my recovery disk...problem is, i don't know what to do next once i get to c:\windows. (it accepted my system administrator password, so i'm thinking i must have an admin and a guest account.) Anyway, now what do I do? I have never edited a registry. Basically I just want to logon to my pc. help! Try this: Start-run-Control User passwords2 Then un click users must enter name and password |
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How do I remove the start-up password?
how do i get to start? the only thing i can get to is c:\windows
(the command prompt in the recovery console) "john" wrote: SuzyQ wrote: I have the same/similar problem...I have windows xp home edition, i'm stuck at the logon prompt and i can't type anything in the password box, nor change my user name- all i can do is shut down.Pressing ctrl/alt/del (twice) doesn't do anything, nor does holding down 'shift' at startup. I can get to safe mode but it takes me to the same exact screen that i see in regular mode (with the same issue). I can get to recovery console if i boot up from my recovery disk...problem is, i don't know what to do next once i get to c:\windows. (it accepted my system administrator password, so i'm thinking i must have an admin and a guest account.) Anyway, now what do I do? I have never edited a registry. Basically I just want to logon to my pc. help! Try this: Start-run-Control User passwords2 Then un click users must enter name and password |
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How do I remove the start-up password?
something else.....this all started after kaspersky detected a keylogger and
crashed, so i reinstalled kaspersky,rescanned my pc, did their recommended fixes, and rebooted. then the logon problem started. per Google results, a few others have said they think kaspersky (or malware) quarantined some logon files... and to do a restore of userinit.exe by going to d: cd I386 EXPAND USERINIT.EX_ C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 but i'm afraid to try that. Can anyone confirm if this sounds right/safe to try? |
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How do I remove the start-up password?
well being ever so impatient, i went ahead and expanded userinit.exe, and it
didn't make a difference. so i am back to square one; i still can't bypass the logon screen. if anyone can help.....i'd be much obliged. |
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How do I remove the start-up password?
"SuzyQ" wrote in message ... I have the same/similar problem...I have windows xp home edition, i'm stuck at the logon prompt and i can't type anything in the password box, nor change my user name- all i can do is shut down.Pressing ctrl/alt/del (twice) doesn't do anything, nor does holding down 'shift' at startup. I can get to safe mode but it takes me to the same exact screen that i see in regular mode (with the same issue). I can get to recovery console if i boot up from my recovery disk...problem is, i don't know what to do next once i get to c:\windows. (it accepted my system administrator password, so i'm thinking i must have an admin and a guest account.) Anyway, now what do I do? I have never edited a registry. Basically I just want to logon to my pc. help! As soon and you start your computer, start tapping the F8 key until you get a menu screen. Then using the arrow keys, select the "Safe Mode" and press the Enter key. You should then get a log-on window with "Administrator" at an optional logon. (With Windows Home Edition this is the only way to get to the "true administrator" account) When you select the Administrator logon and windows loads in the SAFE MODE, go to the Control Panel - Users and make sure your account does not have a password. Then go to START - RUN and type in control userpasswords2 Choose the option that users do not need to used the logon screen. After the next button, type in 'your user name' where the word "Administrator" is shown Do not enter any passwords and finish the window. When you then choose START- SHUTDOWN - RESTART, you should not get the logon window. |
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How do I remove the start-up password?
On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 18:45:01 -0700, SuzyQ
wrote: well being ever so impatient, i went ahead and expanded userinit.exe, and it didn't make a difference. so i am back to square one; i still can't bypass the logon screen. if anyone can help.....i'd be much obliged. Please quote enough of the message you're responding to to put your reply into context (as I did above). Many newsgroup participants (me, for example) don't save already-read messages and a message without a quote is likely to be completely unintelligible to many people. Although I'd like to help if I could, I have no idea what you're talking about. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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How do I remove the start-up password?
ok I did the f8 thing, I see:
safe mode safe mode with networking safe mode with command prompt enable boot logging enable vga mode last known good configuration directory services restore mode (windows domain controllers only) debugging mode disable automatic restart on system failure start windows normally reboot return to os choices menu i've selected all of them one by one and still don't see "administrator" as an option in the logon window...it displays my user name "suzanne" and i can't type a password. if i press / click enter it just says it can't log me on. "Richard in AZ" wrote: "SuzyQ" wrote in message ... I have the same/similar problem...I have windows xp home edition, i'm stuck at the logon prompt and i can't type anything in the password box, nor change my user name- all i can do is shut down.Pressing ctrl/alt/del (twice) doesn't do anything, nor does holding down 'shift' at startup. I can get to safe mode but it takes me to the same exact screen that i see in regular mode (with the same issue). I can get to recovery console if i boot up from my recovery disk...problem is, i don't know what to do next once i get to c:\windows. (it accepted my system administrator password, so i'm thinking i must have an admin and a guest account.) Anyway, now what do I do? I have never edited a registry. Basically I just want to logon to my pc. help! As soon and you start your computer, start tapping the F8 key until you get a menu screen. Then using the arrow keys, select the "Safe Mode" and press the Enter key. You should then get a log-on window with "Administrator" at an optional logon. (With Windows Home Edition this is the only way to get to the "true administrator" account) When you select the Administrator logon and windows loads in the SAFE MODE, go to the Control Panel - Users and make sure your account does not have a password. Then go to START - RUN and type in control userpasswords2 Choose the option that users do not need to used the logon screen. After the next button, type in 'your user name' where the word "Administrator" is shown Do not enter any passwords and finish the window. When you then choose START- SHUTDOWN - RESTART, you should not get the logon window. |
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How do I remove the start-up password?
sorry about that, i've never posted before. i'm probably messing up this
thread...if i need to repost a new thread please let me know. if not, here's my dilemma: i'm stuck at the logon prompt, can't change my username (suzanne) or type in a password. clicking 'ok' gives me an error message to make sure my username/pw are correct. when i go into safe mode, i get the same thing- no option to choose an administrator account, and ctrl/alt/del (twice) doesn't do anything. The only time i can actually enter the administrator password (null) is when i use my recovery cd and choose repair. but then i get to the c:\windows prompt and don't know what to do next. "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote: On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 18:45:01 -0700, SuzyQ wrote: well being ever so impatient, i went ahead and expanded userinit.exe, and it didn't make a difference. so i am back to square one; i still can't bypass the logon screen. if anyone can help.....i'd be much obliged. Please quote enough of the message you're responding to to put your reply into context (as I did above). Many newsgroup participants (me, for example) don't save already-read messages and a message without a quote is likely to be completely unintelligible to many people. Although I'd like to help if I could, I have no idea what you're talking about. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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How do I remove the start-up password?
On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 09:02:01 -0700, SuzyQ
wrote: sorry about that, OK, thanks for correcting the error. i've never posted before. i'm probably messing up this thread...if i need to repost a new thread please let me know. No, you should *never* start a new thread--not unless the original one is *very* old. And by the way, this isn't a web-based forum; it's a newsgroup. You are using the awful web interface to participate in this newsgroup--it's the slowest, clunkiest, most error-prone method of using the newsgroups there is. Do yourself a favor and switch to a newsreader, such as Outlook Express, which comes with Windows XP, or Windows Mail, which comes with Vista. See http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/ou...snewreader.htm if not, here's my dilemma: i'm stuck at the logon prompt, can't change my username (suzanne) or type in a password. clicking 'ok' gives me an error message to make sure my username/pw are correct. when i go into safe mode, i get the same thing- no option to choose an administrator account, and ctrl/alt/del (twice) doesn't do anything. The only time i can actually enter the administrator password (null) is when i use my recovery cd and choose repair. but then i get to the c:\windows prompt and don't know what to do next. Start | Run, type "control userpasswords2" Select the account you want to logon to automatically. Then uncheck the box "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer." Or do the same thing with TweakUI. "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote: On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 18:45:01 -0700, SuzyQ wrote: well being ever so impatient, i went ahead and expanded userinit.exe, and it didn't make a difference. so i am back to square one; i still can't bypass the logon screen. if anyone can help.....i'd be much obliged. Please quote enough of the message you're responding to to put your reply into context (as I did above). Many newsgroup participants (me, for example) don't save already-read messages and a message without a quote is likely to be completely unintelligible to many people. Although I'd like to help if I could, I have no idea what you're talking about. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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