I've got an account on Windows XP Pro. with a password and now it is saying that my password is incorrect and not letting me on even though it is correct. What should i do to fix the problem?
2006-06-19 10:13:47 · 10 answers · asked by lo_j2222 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Aight this is the easiest question on this site:
Turn on your computer and some how get to start up options - u do this by like clicking F12 or F10 depends on what it tells you when the manufacturer logo appears.
Select start up in "Safe Mode"
When the computer loads up in safe mode, you will see that there is a new user account called "Administrator". This will have no password but has limited features designed to fix problems.
Under safe mode administrator, go to Start >>> Control Panel>>> user accounts>>> and go to your account and REMOVE PASSWORD.
Then all you do is restart normally, log on to your account w/no password, and make a new one!!!
yee yee mad easyy
2006-06-23 17:35:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
First, make sure you do not have the CAPS Lock on.
If that is not the case, then you can try the following:
If you have another account on that computer, you can login with that other account and change the password for your account.
If you do not have another account you can use the administrator account.
Go into the Administrator Account and change the password for your account. At the login screen Press CTRL + ALT + DEL two times and your login screen will look like the old login screen. Type Administrator on the user and leave the password blank and click ok. Most of the cases when windows is installed people don't enter a password for the administrator, so hopefully it will log you in.
I hope it helps...
2006-06-19 10:22:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are sometimes problems when upgrading from 98 or ME to XP. Best thing to do is save all the important info either on DVD or a second HDD. If you don't have a second HDD but your primary is partitioned save the data to you D: drive, then you can format C: drive and do a clean install of XP Pro. Even though it is an upgrade disc it still has all the same data as a the full price XP Pro disc. Create a floppy boot disk, so you can boot into DOS and format C: that way. If not you can use the XP disc, and follow the onscreen prompts. My advice is format using NTFS, it will give you better stability and data storage. Then install SP2 if it isn't already on the XP disc, and get the auto updates done. The screen going black and white sounds like a driver problem for the graphics card. A clean install with all your usual driver discs for your computer (graphics driver, Motherboard driver Etc) should resolve the issue.
2016-05-20 02:59:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Type in the correct password. Check caps locks and num locks. Type in the correct password. Verify the user name is correct. Type in the correct password. Login as the admin and reset the password. Type in the correct password. Did I say: Type in the correct password?
99% of the time when troubleshooting these issues, I find the user is typing in the wrong password.
2006-06-19 10:19:24 · answer #4 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reset your password using the built-in "administrator" account. Go to start -> shutdown -> log off. That will take you to the welcome screen. Once there hit ctrl+alt+del 3 times (2 times? I forget, doesn't matter) That will bring up a different style log on where you can type in the word "administrator" under account name. It shouldn't have a password if you haven't set one, so just leave that blank. Once logged on as administrator, you can go to control panel -> user accounts. Find your account, click on it, and hit the "reset password" button.
2006-06-19 10:24:53 · answer #5 · answered by The Resurrectionist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
remember it is case sensative first off
but if you can change the user name type in administrator and no password generally people forget that password know of days. then you can reset your password. I you can't put a different user name in then restart and during boot pres f8 and select safe mode the login as administrator if this doesn't help let me know
2006-06-19 10:18:02 · answer #6 · answered by Frank 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start the computer in safe mode, login as "Administrator" (by default, there is no password on the "Administrator" account) and change your password from there. If that fails, you may have to delete that account, and re-create it, using the "Administrator" account in safe mode.
2006-06-19 11:26:59 · answer #7 · answered by the_dadd_from_tn2005 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why dont u do some smart trouble shooting just by entering the safe mode.......
check the caps lock , check the hint if some thing u can figure out and then u can go for a re install...
2006-06-19 10:30:56 · answer #8 · answered by In the name of Heaven 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take the jumper off the motherboard. If you don't know how to do this ask another question. Otherwise I am not gonna type all that.
2006-06-19 10:19:57 · answer #9 · answered by perrys_porsche 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check to see if the caps lock is on and if it isnt check to see that you are hitting the right keys
2006-06-19 10:23:59 · answer #10 · answered by joelandrew10 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋