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06-02-2003, 06:49 PM
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Win 2k Pro Log in SNAFU
I have a relative (it's not me, really!) that has really come up with a good one... She is unable to log on to Windows in any capacity.
Stay with me on this one.... I think it all started when she tried to change the password at the log in screen. I didn't know that such a thing was possible. I always thought that was handled under "user profiles". I don't see how she could have tumbled on to that though, as she only has a rudimentary knowledge of how to operate a computer in the first place.... Although it's been said that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. Can anybody shed some light on this? Last edited by SKIPART; 06-02-2003 at 06:54 PM. |
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06-02-2003, 08:25 PM
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Lol, this situations brings a quote to mind: "It is impossible to make something foolproof because fools are so ingenious." --unknown
I think if you hit Ctrl+Alt+Del during a windows session, there's an option there to change your password.
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06-02-2003, 08:52 PM
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Well, that's definitely true... The problem is getting past the log-in screen in order to do anything about it.
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06-03-2003, 02:03 AM
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Does she know the administrator password? With any luck, it might just be blank.
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06-03-2003, 07:44 AM
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It is blank (the admin pass.) as far as I know
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06-03-2003, 07:23 PM
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Then log in as administrator and change the user password to whatever you want. Right click My Computer, Manage, Users and Groups, Users.
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06-04-2003, 07:11 AM
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It won't allow log in.... keep getting message saying that "Unable to log in to Windows.... Please check domain & password" or words to that effect.
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06-05-2003, 09:36 AM
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When in doubt.... Punt!
I just put the offending HD in my computer, copied, saved & burned "keeper files". Then did FDISK + reinstall OS... there wasn't that much on the HD anyway. Sometimes that's the only way to go. |
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