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Author Topic: Windwos 2000: password prompt problem  (Read 18519 times)

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musicollector

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Windwos 2000: password prompt problem
« on: November 13, 2004, 10:02:51 AM »
I have set up my laptop with no passwords at all for anyone. For years, when it booted up, the Administrator password prompt used to flash on the screen, then disappear and the PC would proceed to the desktop without any intervention from me. In other words, after I powered on, it would automatically come up on my desktop.

But lately, it stops  at the password prompt until I hit Enter (remember - no password). How do I fix this? I see nothing in Users Control Panel or in the  System Console. I am not sure if one of my children accidentally entered a password for Administrator, which would have failed, anyway. I have not made any modifications on the laptop for this to happen. I also did a search for a PWL file, which turned up nothing:(

TIA.

merlin_2

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Re: Windwos 2000: password prompt problem
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2004, 11:58:57 AM »
name .....pwl file and delete it...you have to search not just pwl file...but bill fred charlie pwl file..