Cant Log On - Password Not Recognised
Jun 15, 2008
My password (administrator) and wife's password are not being recognized, therefore we cannot log onto windows. We are certain the correct passwords are being entered. My password includes an uppercase "U" but I noticed that when I hit shift+U a charecter is not entered and the cursor moves one space left. When I strike U with the capslock on a charecter is entered but the password is still not recognized. I tried to boot into safe mode but I am still required to enter a password and encounter the same problems.
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Jul 27, 2006
My son purchased a 'NEW and LEGAL' game called warcraft 3. The game installed ok (presumably) When he clicks play the cd spins for a couple of minutes and then we get the message '' check cd is in drive and click retry'. I have searched the net and tried all info I have found but to no avail. Even went through Blizzard.nets 12 step troubleshooter for this problem. The disk drive is fine with all other games and the game is fine when tested on a friends comp. I have win xp home and virus free, adaware done.Obviously there is some setting on my comp that is causing this and I am lost as to where to look next. Some security setting that is clashing with it? I have noticed there is c-dilla? on the system and that is a copy protection program, could this cause problems. As I said the game is genuine and would prefer a comp fix other than a nocd crack.This is day six of trying, my son is 'over it' but I cant let the comp win any help would be appreciated.
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Aug 8, 2005
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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for example say i setting up a business computer that 20 people will use but i don't want 20 accounts i only want one and each people will have a different password and based upon the password they enter i will be able to tell who downloaded what and installed what by knowing who logged on. thanks for the help
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my mum is running XP with Tiscali broadband. More often than not, when she tries to connect she is asked for her password ( we have tried clicking remember password!) but then is told it is not recognised. After several tries worth of helpline phone calls they take her thru the whole setting up procedure again & she is connected.
A few days later the same thing happens again!
Is this a money making ploy by Tiscali? Or is there something ( virus?) that could be causing the password to become unrecognised?
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