Hello,
I am having a very vicious problem. It has happened before, but I thought it was caused by the XP AntiSpy software I used. Well I have since reinstalled XP SP2, Updated it, and am not using any software to remove some of Windows' annoying features.
What would happen is, I would have just a regular user account, set as admin, with a password. I could boot into windows and the password would be accepted and everything is fine. Well when I leave I go to the switch user screen, so that someone cannot access my computer without knowing my password. Normally I could just type in my password and login. But now, it will not accept my password and I cannot get in at all. However, if I restart the computer from this screen and after Windows loads I get the login screen (it looks exactly the same as Switch User) my password is always accepted successfully and I am able to login on a fresh reboot.
If I go to switch user again, the problem occurs once again even though it just worked on a fresh restart. I thought I had solved this with a reinstall, but it seems after a month of normal computer use it has started to happen again. Does anyone know the cause or remedy for this issue?
If I remove the password from my account and go to Switch User, it will say it has a password (even though it shouldnt), but won't accept any. I would really like to solve this and I appreciate any input. I tried googling and searching these forums but found nothing... which scares me because that might mean this hasnt happened to anyone else.. but its happened to me on separate installs so I dont know..
Thanks again. Really, I mean that.
-Chibi
I am having a very vicious problem. It has happened before, but I thought it was caused by the XP AntiSpy software I used. Well I have since reinstalled XP SP2, Updated it, and am not using any software to remove some of Windows' annoying features.
What would happen is, I would have just a regular user account, set as admin, with a password. I could boot into windows and the password would be accepted and everything is fine. Well when I leave I go to the switch user screen, so that someone cannot access my computer without knowing my password. Normally I could just type in my password and login. But now, it will not accept my password and I cannot get in at all. However, if I restart the computer from this screen and after Windows loads I get the login screen (it looks exactly the same as Switch User) my password is always accepted successfully and I am able to login on a fresh reboot.
If I go to switch user again, the problem occurs once again even though it just worked on a fresh restart. I thought I had solved this with a reinstall, but it seems after a month of normal computer use it has started to happen again. Does anyone know the cause or remedy for this issue?
If I remove the password from my account and go to Switch User, it will say it has a password (even though it shouldnt), but won't accept any. I would really like to solve this and I appreciate any input. I tried googling and searching these forums but found nothing... which scares me because that might mean this hasnt happened to anyone else.. but its happened to me on separate installs so I dont know..
Thanks again. Really, I mean that.
-Chibi
