Stuck in Safe Mode With Bad Usernam/Password

[Guest]

Ok my other computer won't let me log on. It is in safe mode, I put it in
Safe Mode from my desktop, not the F8 thing, and now it says that everyone,
even the admin has a bad username or password and I can't log on as a guest
either. Someone please help me.

 

[P. Johnson]

Ok my other computer won't let me log on. It is in safe mode, I put it in
Safe Mode from my desktop, not the F8 thing, and now it says that
everyone, even the admin has a bad username or password and I can't log on
as a guest either. Someone please help me.

Not quite enough info to work with... what events lead up to this problem's
occurance? Remember, smarter questions result in sharper answers.

http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

 

[Guest]

Tap the F8 key,select start windows normal,or safe mode & pick a diffrent
user to start in xp..

 

[Malke]

Ok my other computer won't let me log on. It is in safe mode, I put
it in
Safe Mode from my desktop, not the F8 thing, and now it says that
everyone, even the admin has a bad username or password and I can't
log on as a guest
either. Someone please help me.

Use NTpasswd to change the built-in Administrator password to a blank.
Since this is not normal behavior, I'd do some serious scanning for
viruses/malware.

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/ - NTpasswd

http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

If the procedures look too complex - and there is no shame in admitting
this isn't your cup of tea - take the machine to a professional
computer repair shop (not your local version of BigStoreUSA).

Malke

 

[Guest]

Not quite enough info to work with... what events lead up to this problem's
occurance? Remember, smarter questions result in sharper answers.

Yeah so was downloading a program, and what do you know, there is spyware on
it, and I went to symatec.com to help me get it off. Well i was, and then it
told me to turn off system restore, so i did:

1 On the Windows task bar, click Start.

2 Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.

3 On the System Restore tab, check Turn off System Restore or Turn off
System Restore on all drives.
If you do not see the System Restore tab, you are not logged on to Windows
as an Administrator.

4 Click Apply.

5 When you see the confirmation message, click Yes.

6 Click OK.

Then I was told to update symantec, blah blah blah, and then I got to
Restarting the computer in Safe Mode, and it told me to do it like this:

1 Close all programs.

2 On the Windows taskbar, click Start > Run.

3 In the Open box, type the following text:
msconfig

4 Click OK.

5 In the System Configuration Utility, on the BOOT.INI tab, check /SAFEBOOT.

6 Click OK.

7 When you are asked to restart the computer, click Restart.


And it was going fine until I was trying to log on and my password didn't
work... It says Safe Mode in all 4 corvers, and I have tried putting it in
Normal mode from F8 but that doesn't work. I don't think it is the spyware
thing because I deleted it in an earlier step, it might just be a microsoft
f**k up? Could someone try putting their computer in Safe Mode from the
desktop and tell me if it worked or not, Thanks

 

[Guest]

Not quite enough info to work with... what events lead up to this problem's
occurance? Remember, smarter questions result in sharper answers.

http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Ok, so I was downloading a program and what do you know, it has spyware. I
went to www.symantec.com to tell me how to get it off. They told me to
update symantec thing and blah blah blah. Then I was told to turn off System
Restore:

1 On the Windows task bar, click Start.
2 Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
3 On the System Restore tab, check Turn off System Restore or Turn off
System Restore on all drives.
If you do not see the System Restore tab, you are not logged on to Windows
as an Administrator.
4 Click Apply.
5 When you see the confirmation message, click Yes.

6 Click OK.

Then I was told to Restart my computer in Safe Mode, and it told me to do it
like this:

1 Close all programs.
2 On the Windows taskbar, click Start > Run.
3 In the Open box, type the following text:
msconfig
4 Click OK.
5 In the System Configuration Utility, on the BOOT.INI tab, check /SAFEBOOT.
6 Click OK.
7 When you are asked to restart the computer, click Restart.

So it was going fine until I tried to log in, It didn't work... It says
Safe Mode in all 4 corners and I ahve tried putting it into normal mode with
F8, but that doesn't work. Could someone try putting their comp into Safe
Mode like I did and tell me if it worked or not? Thanks,

 

[Guest]

Sorry I thought the post didn't work so I posted it twice.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Aaron Hiniker wrote:

Sorry I thought the post didn't work so I posted it twice.

That's a common problem when you use the web interface to this
newsgroup--it's the slowest, clunkiest, most error-prone method there is. Do
yourself a favor and switch to a newsreader, such as Outlook Express, which
comes with Windows. See
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

 

[P. Johnson]

So it was going fine until I tried to log in, It didn't work... It says
Safe Mode in all 4 corners and I ahve tried putting it into normal mode
with F8, but that doesn't work.

Try logging in as Administrator instead of your usual username...

 

[P. Johnson]

Sorry I thought the post didn't work so I posted it twice.

Give it a few minutes. Email and news can take up to four days for delivery
per the standards.

 

[Guest]

So does anyone have any good ideas or info I could use? I am really stuck
and want my computer :'( Could someone try the Safe Mode thing and see if
their computer still works, please?

 

[P. Johnson]

So does anyone have any good ideas or info I could use? I am really
stuck and want my computer :'(

Did you try any of the answers you have gotten so far? Begging a day after
you asked generally won't garner additional useful responses, but including
more detail based on the responses you do get will. (One of the reasons
why I suggested you read ESR's "Smart Questions" essay: He goes over this,
too...)

Could someone try the Safe Mode thing and see if
their computer still works, please?

If your machine meets the minimum requirements for Windows, you can boot
safe mode. Not being able to remember your Administrator password doesn't
mean you didn't boot into Safe Mode successfully.