Re: Windows XP welcome screen

Sounds like the password should be blank if you never set one up.  I would 
try logging in with a blank password, but I assume you already tried that. 
 I think you should be able to boot into safe mode then go into the 
control panel and set up user accounts or disable the welcome screen. 
Maybe even change the admin password.  I would try all that before messing 
with the registry.

I like this group because when people post questions I usually go see if I 
can figure out an answer and I always learn something I didn't know. 
Apparently CTL-ALT-DEL twice (at the Welcome Screen) will bring up a 
different login.  Maybe you can try logging in as administrator that way. 

If that doesn't work:

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

And if that doesn't work:  re-install XP.  :)

-Mike


pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 02/02/2006 09:22:10 AM:

> 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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