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| 11150 | 2001-04-11 01:41:00 | I recently created a user with a password. I subsequently deleted that user however when my pc starts up it gives a dialogue box 'Enter Password' with no name of a user at all. When I click cancel my systems as normal. In the control panel under user there are no users. In the control panel under 'passwords' I have ticked 'Users can customize their preferences etc. and under 'User Profile Settings I have box the available boxes ticked. If I tick the box in Passwords which says 'All users may use these preferences etc. when I log on it gives me the name of the user that I created but can no longer find to delete. I really want my pc to start normal to desktop and stop all the password windows appearing. I have found the password entries in Win.INI and unticked them but the problem stills remains. I wonder if there is something in the registry that I have missed and is causing the problem. Can anyone help please. It is the frustating factor more than anything. David |
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| 11151 | 2001-04-11 01:57:00 | Hi David, When the windows password box comes up, type in a new username, eg 'Default' with no password, it will prompt you to confirm the password, simply set it to blank and confirm. once the desktop comes up, go into the control panel and into the passwords applet, then go to the Profiles tab. Set computer so 'All users use the same desktop settings'. Restart and viola! straight into windows. |
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| 11152 | 2001-04-11 02:00:00 | :) Once you get windows running, open windows explorer, and under c:\windows look for the user name that keeps popping up. If you have file extensions visible there will be an extension .pwl You can either delete this file, move it to another folder or rename the extension to something other than pwl. Restart windows and when the password box comes up enter any user name, but leave the password box blank, then hit ok to log in. This will tell windows that you donot want to enter a password each time and you should not be prompted for one. whew :) hope this makes sense |
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| 11153 | 2001-04-11 09:04:00 | Thank you anon anon your reply to my problem worked perfectly. Regards David |
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| 11154 | 2001-04-11 09:07:00 | Thanks Daemon I tried your solution and it also worked for me. Thanks for your assistance. Regards David |
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