I recently installed IE7 along with a batch of windows automatic updates, didn't like IE7 so am back on IE6. The problem is that now, when I try to access a website where, in the past, a small pop-up window would have appeared asking me for my username and password (yes THAT type of website ) the small window no longer appears and I get the 401 error returned from the website server. On websites where the apssword request is an integral part of the web-page there's no problem, only where in the past the small username / password would have appeared. Any ideas, I have allowed pop-ups, disabled firewalls and everything else but it just doesn't let me in. Also affects MSN music so I can't use my remaining credit either. Running XP with SP2 and all windows updates applied to date
Can i install my old HD in a new comp setup by installing the OS over the exsisting OS on the HD?the currant OS is on a Dell and my new comp is AMD..the reason i ask is because i dont want to Format then reinstall the OS and Programs
I've tried everything and cant get the windows gui to theme its buttons and apps correctly (see attachment). It causes alot of apps to look all messed up... and navigating them almost imposible
i have been struggling with this issue for long now. My computer once it boots it gives the blue screen "www.dell.com" and then below it gives loading PBR 2...done after which the cursor blinks and stays there as long as the computer is on. It doesnt progress further.
I want to reformat my PC but I don't have the windows disc as one never came with it.I have an original version of XP Professional and I don't want to lose it. So how do I reformat?Is there a way to do so without using an XP disc?
Is there some setup parameter that was not set correctly when this system was built Q2 Is there a utility I can run against the HD to report/correct these problems ?Or can you suggest a plan of attack for this problem ?
im just asking for your opinion, comments and etc have you ever tried the new XP OS entitled: Windows XP media center 2010?? coz im planning to buy it soon.. i would like to hear your comments if its a good OS.. )
I have windows xp sp3 with builtin admin for which i have put password now when starting it ask password & after putting correct/incorrect password again it display enter ur password .I have logoffed guest account .I am not able to access it only i can turnoff.I have DVD of WINdows xp sp3.There s no option displayed in Operating System.
My club has a computer with the X-P operating system. As a security precaution I assigned a system and set-up password when we installed the computer. Some users are now complaining that they are having trouble logging into the system and want to eliminate it. The set-up program shows both passwords as being "enabled". When I hit the space bar it asks for the password and then asks to confirm it but nothing more. How can I completely eliminate both passwords?
Installed an antivirus on the machine and when it restarted it was asking for a password. employee B gave it the password and the computer acted like it was going to start, but instead he said it did some strange things and now the password does not work. how can i reset the password if it does not get to where windows is running.
Does anyone know to put a password on XP? The one where when your system gets started up you have to put in a password in order for the desktop to come up.
i bought a used laptop w/XP installed and registered. but can't get into system because doesn't have the Admin password Don't want to reinstall everything because we don't have the XP disk. That, too, is gone.
The laptop is useable, but runs like a 400MHz. Slow for 2.4GHz. Takes several minutes to boot up and every window lags. Can do minor stuff such as defrag and shutting off several XP "bells and whistles", but it really needs a serious tune-up. Several of the start-up programs need to be shut off or removed. Also needs its reg cleaned. Also need to check the BIOS. Can't do it cuz it won't let me in.
Is there any way to nullify the passwords? I know on certain pc's, all I have to do is remove and reinstall a pin on the motherboard. This is an HP 2.4GHZ Celeron laptop.
I just got an old laptop from a friend of mine running XP Professional. There are currently two passwords required to be able to use the computer: one is right after starting up the computer, before anything's really booted up yet. The other appears after the system screen -- I have to press ctrl+alt+delete, then put in a user name and password. Is there any way to get rid of the first (admin? Is that the term?) password without getting rid of the second one?
I just got a laptop donated to me. it is a IBM thinkpad. it has a password on it that i was never told about. i can not log on to the pc because of a passowrd. it has windows 2000 pro. does anybody know i i can delete or bypass the password so that i can log on to it and use it?
Cannot remember my windows XP administrator password. Is there any way i can back into it and change the password or make it so i no longer need a password.
Just had a phone call from a friend asking if i know what to do.... They have a P.C with windows XP everything was going fine this morning with it now for some reason the have been "Locked out" when they try to log in on to the P.C when it first comes on they are asked for a password normally they press cancel and things are fine now they have been "Locked out" and told that have to get help to unlock it...
I am using windowsXP on my laptop.After switching on my laptop, windowsXP prompt me to enter my password, and after entering the password and pressing enter,everything seems to freeze, and it takes a very long time for the desktop to appear.I scanned the system with Avast, and theres no virus found.
I'm not an IT person, I apologize for not having enough information to explain myself in IT terms. I turn the machine on. I can't remember the password I last used with this machine so I can't login. It's a work computer which I want to give back but I want to erase all my personal files first.
I had probs, so I did a system restore. When rebooting after that, it asked me for passwords to get in, both my account and Guest. Niether of them should have actually had passwords on them, therefore I can't get into the pc now. Tried everything, including using Administrator and password blank, still doesn't work. So on some peoples advice, I decided to do a Xp reinstall, choosing upgrade instead of formatting (so I don't lose everything). When going through that process, it gets to the point where I choose R for repair. It then askes which version to install on, so I say option 1 - Windows. THAT is when more probs come in. It now asks for the Administrator password. I've never given one in the past, and if I have then it's one of two options - either my surname or the word 'computer', so after trying both of those, and also trying a blank password, it then restarts the computer because I've given 3 incorrect passwords. The point is that there IS NO password!! I can't understand why it's asking for one??!! This is really getting me down.
When I step away from the computer, the screensaver appears. When I return to resume working on it, the logon screen appears and I need to choose "myself" to re-enter the password. I can't remember how to set it to just continue working on the application after I "wiggle" the mouse.
I have WindowsXP Home with SP2 which i access via automatic logon. I now have a possible need to go back to using my password to logon.I may have forgotten the exact password. Is there a way that i can test for my password without losing my automatic logon?
On my laptop I have forgotten the password. And I can not log in into windows. I have tried all passwords that I could think of but I can't log in. Is there any possible way to access my computer again?
My friend gave me a Dell Latitude Laptop, Windows XP O/S to look at. It is a couple years old and was given to him by his old company which went out of business. He has not used it until recently and was unable to get into it due to a network password screen. I accessed it with ''admin'' as a username and no password. I cannot change the "users" information or disable the password because I have no "administrator" rights and don't kow the password for the administrator. I tried the default blank password trick. Once in, I noticed network software installed and I cannot access the internet with my ethernet cable. Basically, I am just trying to get it where he can use it around the house. Is there a way to disable the company installed networks, or make them go away completely? I have no XP O/S on disk, so I am trying to avoid a complete format. If I can just get the machine back to the basic XP O/S it would be good to go.
I have Windows XP Pro installed on IBM T60 Laptop.Whenever I start the Laptop up,the Windows Security Sey up Wizard appears and I wish to stop this appearing every time.In addition,if I fill in my Windows password on the security wizard the system says that I am using the incorrect password.Please can someone advise me how to solve these problems.
I ran the network setup wizard on both computers, when i go to 'view workgroup computers' and click on the one i want to connect to i am asked for a password, i tried the admin password and the password for the user that ran the wizard -- neither worked .
I have just installed a linksys wireless router onto my desktop computer to add a wireless laptop and for some reason, when the User Logon screen comes up. The hand cursor never becomes a cursor for me to type in passowords to user accounts. I went into safe mode and then into control panel and deleted the passwords for each user acct and now I can get into the accounts but how can I add the passwords again and be able to type them in. We have 3 user accounts on this pc and would like to have them password protected.
I was doing a clean up with Ccleaner etc and in my haste I did not take note of what I was clicking. Spybot Search and Destroy flashed up and I clicked to allow, or not allow as the case may be, to do something to, from what I can remember, 'WLON' or something similarly named. In any case, what happens now is that I fire up the computer, enter my password, the desktop briefly flashes up for a split second(no icons) and then it immediately logs off and goes to password entry again.
My account on my computer (Win XP Pro SP2) is an Administrator account. Over a year ago, I got tired of entering my password because I an the only person that uses this computer. I did something so it would boot without the password screen appearing ( I don't remember what, but I think I left the password line blank). Since the computer boots directly to my account, I am never prompted to enter a password; but if I use Power Options (and the computer sleeps), it wakes to the login screen and I cannot reenter my account. I have to reboot. On the login screen, I have tried leaving the password blank and entering every password I use, but I get an Invalid Password response.
