The strangest thing.......

[Pete]

Hi Group

My friend has just phoned me with a bit of a problem, as follows:

He has just installed Autocad 2000 on his winXP Pro SP1 laptop. On doing
this and restarting, windows is now asking for a user name and password
logon. My friend has never, since installing WinXP, set up an account with
a password.

I told him to go into safe mode and try that, but in safe mode it shows 2
accounts, administrator and his own account, which when either is clicked on
asks for a password.

I have scouted the net looking for answers for him but to no avail, and most
places say that if he can't remember his password then it means a clean
install.

Does anybody have any ideas why installling a piece of software would cause
Windows to start asking for a password?

Is the only option now to do a clean installation or is there a workaround
for this?

Thanks for reading.

Pete

 

[tomek dominik]

Hi Group

My friend has just phoned me with a bit of a problem, as follows:

He has just installed Autocad 2000 on his winXP Pro SP1 laptop. On doing
this and restarting, windows is now asking for a user name and password
logon. My friend has never, since installing WinXP, set up an account with
a password.

I told him to go into safe mode and try that, but in safe mode it shows 2
accounts, administrator and his own account, which when either is clicked on
asks for a password.

I have scouted the net looking for answers for him but to no avail, and most
places say that if he can't remember his password then it means a clean
install.

Does anybody have any ideas why installling a piece of software would cause
Windows to start asking for a password?

Is the only option now to do a clean installation or is there a workaround
for this?

Thanks for reading.

Pete

Let he enable "Fast user switching" and "Use Welcome screen" in Control
Panel > User Accounts
Some programs can change this settings.
Of course if you use Offline files you can't use Fast user switching
greet... tomek dominik

 

[Pete]

Hi

Thanks for the reply, but he can no longer get into windows to perform any
tasks at all.

Pete

 

[bud]

Hi Group

My friend has just phoned me with a bit of a problem, as follows:

He has just installed Autocad 2000 on his winXP Pro SP1 laptop. On doing
this and restarting, windows is now asking for a user name and password
logon. My friend has never, since installing WinXP, set up an account
with a password.

I told him to go into safe mode and try that, but in safe mode it shows 2
accounts, administrator and his own account, which when either is clicked
on asks for a password.

I have scouted the net looking for answers for him but to no avail, and
most places say that if he can't remember his password then it means a
clean install.

Does anybody have any ideas why installling a piece of software would
cause Windows to start asking for a password?

Is the only option now to do a clean installation or is there a workaround
for this?

Thanks for reading.

Pete

You can clear and reset the bios if you are comfortable with opening the
case and finding the jumper for it. Or it can also be cleared by taking out
the bios battery for a bit.

 

[=?iso-8859-1?B?uyBtcnRlZSCr?=]

And just how does that stop XP from asking for a password?

--
Just my 2¢ worth,
Jeff
__________In response to__________
| > Pete
| You can clear and reset the bios if you are comfortable with opening the
| case and finding the jumper for it. Or it can also be cleared by taking out
| the bios battery for a bit.
|
|

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

If you cannot sign into windows, you will have to reinstall all. If you have
the disk that lets you install to a new folder, you can 'take ownership' of
the old data

HOW TO Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q308421

During a setup where you refuse the Repair offered, there is an Advanced
button that will give a way to choose a new folder