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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Basics / March 2007no user name appears
When I boot windows XP Professional no user name appears, so I cannot click on anything to log on. The message "To begin, click your user name" is there but the right hand side of the screen is blank. How can I fix this? Press CTRL-ALT-DEL twice and you'll get the old style logon. Enter your username and password.  SignatureDoug 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. > When I boot windows XP Professional no user name appears, so I cannot > click > on anything to log on. > The message "To begin, click your user name" is there but the right hand > side of the screen is blank. > How can I fix this? Thank you, Doug. Is it possible that I don't have a password? I get the logon as you suggested and my user name appears, but I have no password to enter, and if I leave it blank, I get a message saying the system could not log me on. Bob > Press CTRL-ALT-DEL twice and you'll get the old style logon. Enter your > username and password. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > side of the screen is blank. > > How can I fix this? If its not allowing you to log on, you have a password somewhere. If you somehow managed to get one set, or your account is disabled....... What username are you using? If its just a regular user, try entering Administrator and leaving the password blank. For XP Home, you'll have to boot the PC into Safe Mode to access the built-in Administrator account. If you can get in via the Administrator account, you can reset the password on the other account, and/or check to see if its disabled. If that doesn't help you resolve your issue, you can also reset the user password using various online tools. EBCD is a collection of utilities that, among other things, will allow you to reset the Administrator, or any other user's password. http://ebcd.pcministry.com/ There is a also a stand alone version of the password changing tool http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/ SignatureDoug 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. > Thank you, Doug. > Is it possible that I don't have a password? [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> > side of the screen is blank. >> > How can I fix this? |
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