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Cannot logon to Windows ME
I am asking this for my brother who hasn't been able to get on his computer
in months now. I use XP so am no help to him. Everytime he tries to boot to the desktop, he gets a message saying that he needs a password. That's all well and good IF he could remember it. He DID enter a password but now cannot remember it. Is there a way to create a user key in ME without being able to get to the desktop? |
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Tell your brother to try the following.
a) Boot to Win Me, click Cancel at the log on screen. This will make him the default user. Browse to the Windows folder using Windows Explorer and search for all files with a PWL extension. There will probably be just one. Rename the PWL file with his user name to having OLD as its extension rather than PWL. b) Reboot and when presented with the password box either i) enter a password and this time try and remember it, or, ii) enter no password and then click OK (NOT cancel or escape). If he chooses to enter no password he should never be asked for a password again. Note that unlike NT based systems such as XP, the logon password in Win Me is not for security but primarily rather to allow different users, where there is more than one user, to customise their desktop and the like to meet their individual preferences. Regards, -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP Southwest-Gal wrote: I am asking this for my brother who hasn't been able to get on his computer in months now. I use XP so am no help to him. Everytime he tries to boot to the desktop, he gets a message saying that he needs a password. That's all well and good IF he could remember it. He DID enter a password but now cannot remember it. Is there a way to create a user key in ME without being able to get to the desktop? |
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