Re: Windows XP welcome screen

[Mike Wills <koldark@xxxxxxxxx>]

Who set your Admin password? You need that for a lot of functions, including
safe mode.

On 2/2/06, rick baird <rick.baird@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> I just got my new home built desktop tweaked to exactly the way I want
> it, and then made the fatal mistake of logging off rather than
> restarting.
>
> Now I've got the windows welcome screen, with a prompt for
> administrator password.  I never set up a password for my user nor for
> an adminstrator, and now it won't let me logon.
>
> This happened this morning just before I left for work, and didn't
> have time to mess with it.
>
> I've searched the ms knowlege base and nothing sounds exactly like my
> problem, but several could be helpful but they all talk about doing a
> start/run or editing the registry.
>
> Can I boot into safe mode and monkey with the registry to get it back
> to no-password no-user auto logon?
>
> And the real question, why the hell does Monkeysoft even GIVE you the
> option to log off instead of shutdown/restart when it MUST know that
> you haven't provided a user or admin password?
>
> b**tards!
>
> thanks,
>
> Rick
>
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