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?
I use WinxpPro. Somehow I got a password for the administrator. It is a pain. My computer goes to it after a few minutes idle and I have to put in the password to go on. Is it possible for me to eliminate it ? I am the only user of the computer.
Purchased a used laptop running Windows 2000 pro. When I boot up a window appears with sellers name requesting the password. I have the password, but I would like to eliminate this step. What specific steps will acomplish this task and replace the sellors name with my name as administrator ?
I have no reason to pass protect my home computer. I would like to turn the unit on and go directly to my desktop without going through the password screen. I'm sure there is an easy way to do this but I can't seem to get pass the sign-on page.
I got this computer for free from a family. It has WinXP Pro. Just after the Windows Splash screen it gives me the option of signing in as one member of the family. There are four different boxes for each member of the family. Evidently the parents each had a password and the two kids didn't have passwords.Also, when I sign in under the different children I get different desktops.How do I get rid of all four of these so that I can just sign in by myself without these options?
I have a Toshiba sat pro 6000 running XP pro which was pre installed, so no discs.Last night I downloaded an upgrade of kapersky and when it asked me to reboot laptop the following happened.A black screen appeared asking if I wanted to start in safe mode and a list of other options, I chose safe mode and the screen filled up with a long list about multi disks partition , windows driver etc.So I closed down and then chose start windows normally from the black page and it then progressed on to scanning the disc which is does. It reports there are no problems and then opens up the black page again, and again and again.I have pressed F8 and I chose disable auto start up and a blue screen came up telling me of a possible problem and to use recovery cd which I don't have. Can anyone advise on how I can start windows so that I can eliminate kapersky or do a system restore.
Help me to eliminate a pop up. Sometimes a pop up for www.cansearch.co.uk appears, it can show when I open MSN Messenger or a new Internet Explorer windows.I have run Spybot and Ad-Aware 2007, but the problem continues.
all of a sudden I've been getting bombarded with pop up ads.I have ez armor from CA, have firewall set on high to eliminate pop up. also have IE6 set to eliminate pop ups as well. Did do something to bring this on?
My laptop Pentium III windows XP home originally had win98. I did a fresh install of Win XP home with no logon. I use a bios level password so no further password is desired. I had someone enter some data into a database for me, and while they were using the computer they decided to create a guest account. Now I am stuck with a logon prompt. I have tried to eliminate the guest account but can only disable it. The logon prompt is annoying, how can I eliminate it?
Is there any way a Windows XP Home Edition PC can be set-up so no one can install any passwords or that will make impossible for him or her to create user accounts and passwords?
I have an older Compaq laptop w/ Win 2000 Pro. I no longer need any of the Admin 'stuff'. I would like to get rid of all of it and have it operate like a home edition, but I especially want to get rid of the login box. Is there any way to disable/delete it completely. I have WinMe on another comp, and want Win 2000 to operate like it does - no login box to fool with. I'm the only one who ever uses it, so there's no problem with security.I have searched on this site and Googled it. I find how to set it to log on automatically, but would still like to disable it if possible.
My computer does not run slow, but it sure takes for ever to boot up and shut down.How do I decipher which startup programs I can safely remove, but still keep the functionality of them.Also, it would helpful if you could instruct me on the correct process of removing these.
This problem just started to happen. I saw where Robbie suggested going into the registry and removing two lines that have helped several people. I need to know how to get to the registry to eliminate these two lines if possible
is there anyway to eliminate duplicate files? i know i have to have a ton of them having reinstalled everything.
i would prefer not to use Norton......have had nothing but bad experiences with them. is there any kind of system built in to XP i could run to try and locate and eliminate these files?
When I first installed Windows XP Home Edition I went directly to my desktop at startup. Recently my Dell Dimension 4700 began booting to the Windows welcome screen where I have to click on my name (only user) to get to the desktop. How do I change the computer settings to boot directly to the desktop on startup?
In the last few weeks I have had many, many unwanted spam emails soliciting every things from soup to nuts. How can I eliminate the spam or at least minimize it.
I've always used ZoneAlarm as my Firewall but I was just now questioning the necessity of it when my OS already provides me with a (FW). XP Prof Would the integrated FW suffice or is there really an adv to having Zone alarm? related question: If my goal was to gain on resources would getting a router eliminate completely my need for a FW? Thus maybe freeing-up resources?
I'm using Windows XP Professional. I am not able to log back into my Administrator account. I'm stuck in a limited user account and though my Administrator account is set w/o a password, I still can't login, even through my computer's Safe Mode which is was the Dell service person suggested
I was trying to eliminate the login screen from my computer's startup. Initially, I used a tip from Annoyances.org by entering "control userpasswords2" in the Run menu and turning off the "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" option
I randomly receive the "DR Waston postmortem debugger has encountered an error and must close" error when browsing with explorer.exe. This freezes up whatever folder I was looking through and forces me to eliminate it using task manager.
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.
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 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
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.
