Re: Windows XP welcome screen

[rick baird <rick.baird@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mike,

That's just it.  I never set up an admin password.  I was set for auto
logon, no user profile, no welcome screen, no passwords at all.  I've
run winXP like this for more than a year now.

I've just never logged off before.

Rick

On 2/2/06, Mike Wills <koldark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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