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>> newb question (crisis)? ----> lockout of windows xp pro due to screensaver password Gerry 01-07-2007
Posted by Gerry on January 7, 2007, 4:38 pm
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My father accidentally enabled the "on resume password protect"
feature when affecting his settings however now is locked out with no
known password. Any thoughts on how to disable this feature when I
cannot get into Windows?

BTW - XP Pro, SR2

TIA,
G

Posted by Roger Abell [MVP] on January 7, 2007, 5:20 pm
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The password would be the one for the account logged in.
If the system automatically logs in, and so the unknown pwd,
then reboot it, and as soon as it is up and you are in, either
undo the change or change password to known value.


> My father accidentally enabled the "on resume password protect"
> feature when affecting his settings however now is locked out with no
> known password. Any thoughts on how to disable this feature when I
> cannot get into Windows?
>
> BTW - XP Pro, SR2
>
> TIA,
> G



Posted by Gerry on January 7, 2007, 7:54 pm
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Roger:

The was no login password - I purposely omitted it to facilitate his
logging in - there is no possibility of other users.

The login screen says something to the effect that "this computr is
locked and can only be accessed by the administrator" - to be honest,
I haven't actually seen it as he is in another state.

What is the procedure when there was no password and none was entered
by him when he activated it ?

TIA,
G

On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 15:20:48 -0700, "Roger Abell [MVP]"

>The password would be the one for the account logged in.
>If the system automatically logs in, and so the unknown pwd,
>then reboot it, and as soon as it is up and you are in, either
>undo the change or change password to known value.
>
>
>> My father accidentally enabled the "on resume password protect"
>> feature when affecting his settings however now is locked out with no
>> known password. Any thoughts on how to disable this feature when I
>> cannot get into Windows?
>>
>> BTW - XP Pro, SR2
>>
>> TIA,
>> G
>

Posted by NZSchoolTech on January 7, 2007, 11:22 pm
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Press Ctrl Alt Delete
Enter the username without a password, if there is no password
Click OK

Gerry wrote:
> Roger:
>
> The was no login password - I purposely omitted it to facilitate his
> logging in - there is no possibility of other users.
>
> The login screen says something to the effect that "this computr is
> locked and can only be accessed by the administrator" - to be honest,
> I haven't actually seen it as he is in another state.
>
> What is the procedure when there was no password and none was entered
> by him when he activated it ?
>
> TIA,
> G
>
> On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 15:20:48 -0700, "Roger Abell [MVP]"
>
> >The password would be the one for the account logged in.
> >If the system automatically logs in, and so the unknown pwd,
> >then reboot it, and as soon as it is up and you are in, either
> >undo the change or change password to known value.
> >
> >
> >> My father accidentally enabled the "on resume password protect"
> >> feature when affecting his settings however now is locked out with no
> >> known password. Any thoughts on how to disable this feature when I
> >> cannot get into Windows?
> >>
> >> BTW - XP Pro, SR2
> >>
> >> TIA,
> >> G
> >


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