MVP??

On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 01:09:40 +0100, "John" wrote:

BCAK error on Johnny's part
"Explain pls.


I thought it was PEBCAK error? "Problem Exist Between Chair And
Keyboard".


David

Greetings --

There are a few permutations that mean essential the same thing:

CKI Error = Chair/Keyboard Interface Error
PEBCAK = Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard
TPLBCAK = The Problem Lies Between Chair And Keyboard

My personal favorite is the ID-ten-T error. (Replace "ten" with
the numerical equivalent.)


Bruce Chambers

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"David" wrote in message
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On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 01:09:40 +0100, "John" wrote:

BCAK error on Johnny's part
"Explain pls.


I thought it was PEBCAK error? "Problem Exist Between Chair And
Keyboard".


David

Just wondering.Did anyone really read my original post.I am still locked out
of my compaq.It wants a password eventhough I have NEVER assigned one!As far
as I can see the message coming loud and clear is if you take one MVP to
task everyone else jumps in to back up their colleague ,notwithstanding the
the circumstances.Are you all doctors?
"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message
...
Greetings --

There are a few permutations that mean essential the same thing:

CKI Error = Chair/Keyboard Interface Error
PEBCAK = Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard
TPLBCAK = The Problem Lies Between Chair And Keyboard

My personal favorite is the ID-ten-T error. (Replace "ten" with
the numerical equivalent.)


Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
----
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH


"David" wrote in message
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On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 01:09:40 +0100, "John" wrote:

BCAK error on Johnny's part
"Explain pls.


I thought it was PEBCAK error? "Problem Exist Between Chair And
Keyboard".


David

Hi John,
I didn't see your original post.
Are you using XP home?
If so, try booting to safe mode by pressing F8 at bootup and log in as
Administrator.The password is blank for the admin account on most default
installs.
Once you are into safe mode,go to start/run
type "control userpasswords2"
Click on your username
Click the reset password button.
Type in and confirm a new password
Click OK
Click OK
Reboot to normal mode and log into your account with the new password.

HTH,

--
Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User)
Associate Expert
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://home.earthlink.net/~larrysamuels/WS2003FAQ.htm
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
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"John" wrote in message
...
Just wondering.Did anyone really read my original post.I am still locked
out
of my compaq.It wants a password eventhough I have NEVER assigned one!As
far
as I can see the message coming loud and clear is if you take one MVP to
task everyone else jumps in to back up their colleague ,notwithstanding
the
the circumstances.Are you all doctors?
"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message
...
Greetings --

There are a few permutations that mean essential the same thing:

CKI Error = Chair/Keyboard Interface Error
PEBCAK = Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard
TPLBCAK = The Problem Lies Between Chair And Keyboard

My personal favorite is the ID-ten-T error. (Replace "ten" with
the numerical equivalent.)


Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
----
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH


"David" wrote in message
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On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 01:09:40 +0100, "John" wrote:

BCAK error on Johnny's part
"Explain pls.


I thought it was PEBCAK error? "Problem Exist Between Chair And
Keyboard".


David

Well sheet! Call Compaq, as you are incapable of finding the answers you
want to hear on-line! See if they don't tell you much the same thing. Then,
send them the damn computer and be done with it!


"John" wrote in message
...
Just wondering.Did anyone really read my original post.I am still locked
out
of my compaq.It wants a password eventhough I have NEVER assigned one!As
far
as I can see the message coming loud and clear is if you take one MVP to
task everyone else jumps in to back up their colleague ,notwithstanding
the
the circumstances.Are you all doctors?
"Bruce Chambers" wrote in message
...
Greetings --

There are a few permutations that mean essential the same thing:

CKI Error = Chair/Keyboard Interface Error
PEBCAK = Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard
TPLBCAK = The Problem Lies Between Chair And Keyboard

My personal favorite is the ID-ten-T error. (Replace "ten" with
the numerical equivalent.)


Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
----
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH


"David" wrote in message
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On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 01:09:40 +0100, "John" wrote:

BCAK error on Johnny's part
"Explain pls.


I thought it was PEBCAK error? "Problem Exist Between Chair And
Keyboard".


David

"John" wrote in message
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Now, if you never entered a password during the install process, when the
prompt asked for one.......?Did not happen!
Nope never did ,as I said."I have never
used one to log on"


Well, to be honest, that statement could be taken two ways

....that you never used a password to log on because you had it set to log on
automatically, and it's not doing that any more...

....or
that you never used a password to log on because you never set one in the
first place.

You meant the second one, someone gave you the answer to the first.

Larry -Thanks.Running XP Pro.
Crusty, as far as I can see you you contribute nothing and are consequently
a waste of space.I'm sure you amuse yourself by reading your own posts.Sad.
"D.Currie" wrote in message
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"John" wrote in message
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Now, if you never entered a password during the install process, when
the
prompt asked for one.......?Did not happen!
Nope never did ,as I said."I have never
used one to log on"


Well, to be honest, that statement could be taken two ways

...that you never used a password to log on because you had it set to log
on
automatically, and it's not doing that any more...

...or
that you never used a password to log on because you never set one in the
first place.

You meant the second one, someone gave you the answer to the first.

Hi John,

Were you able to get into safe mode and change the password?
Even on XP Pro there is a small chance the Administrator password is
blank(not a good practice--that is why pro prompts you to set up an
administrator password during the installation process).

--
Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User)
Associate Expert
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://home.earthlink.net/~larrysamuels/WS2003FAQ.htm
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
_____________________________________________

"John" wrote in message
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Larry -Thanks.Running XP Pro.

John,

It's obvious you don't know squat about what you are trying to do. You have
been given the answers but are just too pig headed, or too simple, to follow
directions.

With this, I bow out of this thread as you can't be helped!

"John" wrote in message
...
Larry -Thanks.Running XP Pro.
Crusty, as far as I can see you you contribute nothing and are
consequently
a waste of space.I'm sure you amuse yourself by reading your own
posts.Sad.
"D.Currie" wrote in message
...

"John" wrote in message
...
Now, if you never entered a password during the install process, when
the
prompt asked for one.......?Did not happen!
Nope never did ,as I said."I have never
used one to log on"


Well, to be honest, that statement could be taken two ways

...that you never used a password to log on because you had it set to
log
on
automatically, and it's not doing that any more...

...or
that you never used a password to log on because you never set one in
the
first place.

You meant the second one, someone gave you the answer to the first.

Christ! You are a thick SOB. I see the correct answers
posted by 3 different people. Suggest you take your
computer to someone who knows what they are doing, as you
have no idea WTF you are doing, and have no desire to
learn!

-----Original Message-----
Larry -Thanks.Running XP Pro.
Crusty, as far as I can see you you contribute nothing
and are consequently
a waste of space.I'm sure you amuse yourself by reading
your own posts.Sad.
"D.Currie" wrote in message
...

"John" wrote in message
...
Now, if you never entered a password during the
install process, when
the
prompt asked for one.......?Did not happen!
Nope never did ,as I said."I have never
used one to log on"


Well, to be honest, that statement could be taken two
ways

...that you never used a password to log on because
you had it set to log
on
automatically, and it's not doing that any more...

...or
that you never used a password to log on because you
never set one in the
first place.

You meant the second one, someone gave you the answer
to the first.




.

On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 00:11:53 +0100, "John" wrote:

I suppose we should be glad if anyone takes the time and patience to look at
our problems and offering a solution is a bonus.I must say that shep and my
friend in texas has sorted me
over the past few weeks and in the case of "shep" for several years.I blew a
gasket to today when someone called Sharon MVP offered a solution to my
Compaq demanding a log on when I had not set one.Her solution was to use
Tweak UI.notwithstanding that the problem was that I couldn't log on.How
does someone become a MVP and what does it mean.
I must admit that the majority of MVP replies I have seen are excellent but
I seem to see more and more MVP's offering
a solution that has nothing to do with the problem.

John, go back and read your original post. You did not say that you
could not log on at all. You said that XP no longer booted right to the
desktop. Granted, I made the mistake of assuming you were at least
getting the Welcome screen (which was why I suggested setting up an
autologon). But be fair - you forgot to post the full extent of your
problem.

Some newsgroup threads evolve. More information gets posted as the
problem is discussed. The newsgroups worked just as they were designed
to do. Eventually there was enough in the thread that shep stepped up to
bat to give you a hand as well.

I'm glad to see that you've finally got this sorted.

Sharon F
MS MVP [Shell/User]

On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 01:03:16 +0100, "John" wrote:

Now, if you never entered a password during the install process, when the
prompt asked for one.......?Did not happen!
Nope never did ,as I said."I have never
used one to log on"

John, if you've never used or assigned a password - the password is
blank. This is also known as a "null password." We see it as nothing. XP
sees it as a special kind of password. Allowed in most situations -
logon as an example (if gpedit.msc is still using default settings). Not
allowed in others such as Task Scheduler.

When there is only one user (the default Administrator account only or
one user account and the default Administrator which becomes hidden in
this scenario), a null password allows XP to skip past the welcome
screen and go directly to the desktop.

The addition of the second net framework account from the Windows update
stops that nice little bonus of not having to deal with the Welcome
screen. You can adjust this behavior. That is "why" I gave you the
adjustments in my first answer. The suggestions will allow you to skip
the welcome screen once again. When you got to the part about entering a
password, you would have left those boxes blank.

Seems we were talking about the same thing after all.

Anyhow, you do have this fixed the way you want it now and that's what's
really important. Enjoy your XP and auto logon (because that's what XP
is really doing on its own at this point).

Best regards,

Sharon F
MS MVP [Shell/User]

Thank you and forgive me for becoming frustrated.

John(sometimes Larry)

On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 00:09:27 +0100, "John" wrote:

Just wondering.Did anyone really read my original post.I am still locked out
of my compaq.It wants a password eventhough I have NEVER assigned one!As far
as I can see the message coming loud and clear is if you take one MVP to
task everyone else jumps in to back up their colleague ,notwithstanding the
the circumstances.Are you all doctors?


Maybe you shouldn't "take one MPV to task" a they are, after all,
volunteers just like the rest of us. All MPV means is that they have
been recognized by MS ass being helpful and accurate.


David

On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 11:09:10 +0100, "larry" wrote:

Thank you and forgive me for becoming frustrated.

John(sometimes Larry)

Welcome and no need to be forgiven! Frustration understood. Believe me,
you wouldn't want to be in the same room when I'm working through a
stubborn problem.

Cheers,
Sharon F
MS MVP [Shell/User]