Password will not work Windows XP on Compaq

[Dan]

I decided to password protect and put in a real simple password, plus
a promt question.
I then tested and it won't work. It shows prompt question ok but when
I try and type in the password it won't accept the first digit, it
clicks like the keyboard is locked, when I type 2nd digit it shows 2
digits. Could this be a keboard problem, tried all combinations
nothing work, the passowrd is not a problem ( it's my middle name, can
hardly get that wrong ) and was all lower case, tried everything,
nothing works. Ias a Compaz PC, all new.

 

[Malke]

I decided to password protect and put in a real simple password, plus
a promt question.
I then tested and it won't work. It shows prompt question ok but when
I try and type in the password it won't accept the first digit, it
clicks like the keyboard is locked, when I type 2nd digit it shows 2
digits. Could this be a keboard problem, tried all combinations
nothing work, the passowrd is not a problem ( it's my middle name, can
hardly get that wrong ) and was all lower case, tried everything,
nothing works. Ias a Compaz PC, all new.

Are you *sure* it was lower case? I expect you really typed your name
the way you normally do - with the first letter being upper case. In
any event, log in as another user with Administrator privileges and
change the password for your account.

Malke

 

[Dan]

Thanks for advice. Got the problem fixed eventually.
Here is the 'classic' reason. My PC operates with both Thai and
English Language modes, with dual language keyboard. Although I was
using English as the time and inserted English language/script
password, all totally normal, but XP/PC decided to record this as Thai
script. Now....that would/should not be a problem, and the keyboard
'hits' were on same buttons whatever, however, and here comes the
biggy....the first letter of my password does not denote a Thai
'character', it denotes a form of 'accent' to a Thai charter/letter,
hence, XP decides that it is not a letter and therefore will not
accept it!
These 'accents' and inserted after you have type the character, so
when I tried to type it in it would not accept, and appeared blcoked.
So a serious word of cauthion if you use dual-language like Thai,
Chinese, Japanese, or any language where there are 'accents' for
letters, XP does not 'allow for this'!