Help with bootup/password problem please

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pepper - 26 May 2008 04:22 GMT

My Win XP Home computer will not boot. It comes up to a window asking for a
password. Bottom line is there is no password. Any effort to get past this
results in 'Unable to log you on because of an account restriction'. I was
trying to get around the Welcome Window that started coming up after the
last Auto Update and read on one of MS's Forums to uncheck Require User
Password in Manage Passwords. Anyway, I obviously messed it up. Thanks for
any help, PJ

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Terry R. - 26 May 2008 05:23 GMT

The date and time was 5/25/2008 8:22 PM, and on a whim, pepper pounded
out on the keyboard:

> My Win XP Home computer will not boot. It comes up to a window asking for a
> password. Bottom line is there is no password. Any effort to get past this
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> Password in Manage Passwords. Anyway, I obviously messed it up. Thanks for
> any help, PJ

Hi Pepper,

You can try this:

Click Start, Run, type:

control userpasswords 2

and click OK

Click once on the account you want to use

Uncheck "Users must enter a user...", and click OK

Report back,

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Pegasus (MVP) - 26 May 2008 09:22 GMT

> My Win XP Home computer will not boot. It comes up to a window asking for
> a password. Bottom line is there is no password. Any effort to get past
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> User Password in Manage Passwords. Anyway, I obviously messed it up.
> Thanks for any help, PJ

You write "Bottom line is there is no password." This is actually
incorrect. There is always a password, even if it is a blank password.
No exeptions. You could try this to get back in again:
- Reboot the machine.
- Press F8 repeatedly during the early boot phase.
- Select Safe Mode when prompted.
- Log on as Administrator. You may have to press Ctrl+Alt+Del
twice is succession to be allowed to enter your user name.
- Use a blank password or else use the password that you
(or your dealer) chose when first loading Windows.
- Click Start / Run / cmd {Enter}
- Type this command:
net user pepper SomePassword
where "pepper" is your normal logon account and "SomePassword"
is your new password.

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pepper - 31 May 2008 00:28 GMT

Thanks for the two suggestions I received. On a fluke I tried typing my
user name in instead of the default 'Administrator' and it let me in. I
guess I don't know the difference. When I double click on User Accounts in
Control Panel it shows that I have two accounts. One is Administrator and
the other is Guest? Thanks again PJ

>> My Win XP Home computer will not boot. It comes up to a window asking
>> for a password. Bottom line is there is no password. Any effort to get
[quoted text clipped - 19 lines]
> where "pepper" is your normal logon account and "SomePassword"
> is your new password.

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