Re: Windows XP welcome screen

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe the password is blanks, if you never set it up?  Try just entering 
when you get that screen.

rick baird 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