Locked out of windows

I am on deployment with my laptop that has windows vista. I bought the
laptop while home on 2 week leave and have not had it long. Upon buying the
computer, I reset the administrator password, so there was not one. Upon
logging in, I always hit enter w/o entering anything and get into windows. I
shut down the computer last night and when I restarted this morning, I
discovered that windows is acting like I have a logon password. I do not. I
can not log into windows. When entering safe mode, I reach the same problem:
I am brought to the windows logon page, and can not get in as I get the error
stating "that is an incorrect password" or similar.
I would welcome any help or advice, as re-installing windows is not a
pleasant thought. I do not have access to blank cd's at my current location
in order to make the boot cd in order to reset a password, which is why i
have not done so yet.

semunky;682927 Wrote:

> I am on deployment with my laptop that has windows vista. I bought th
> laptop while home on 2 week leave and have not had it long. Upon buyin
> th
> computer, I reset the administrator password, so there was not one
> Upo
> logging in, I always hit enter w/o entering anything and get int
> windows.
> shut down the computer last night and when I restarted this morning,
> discovered that windows is acting like I have a logon password. I d
> not.
> can not log into windows. When entering safe mode, I reach the sam
> problem
> I am brought to the windows logon page, and can not get in as I get th
> erro
> stating "that is an incorrect password" or similar
> I would welcome any help or advice, as re-installing windows is not
> pleasant thought. I do not have access to blank cd's at my curren
> locatio
> in order to make the boot cd in order to reset a password, which is wh
>
> have not done so yet

Hello, Semunky. It might seem stupid to ask. You said you had re-se
the password to none. Do you remember what that password was ? If yo
do, try to enter that one when prompted. Why you want an admin.accoun
w/o password is beyond me. You have to have some numbers or words tha
you will never forget

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t-4-2

No, since I set the logon requirement to "no password required upon logon", i
do NOT remember the password...as there was NO PASSWORD PERIOD. Not even
before I set the logon requirement.

This laptop, again, was VERY recently bought in a short amount of time.
Although i said I was "home", i was NOT HOME, but 'home in the US' for a few
days. I did not turn on my new computer until I returned to my current
location. At my current location I do not have access to cd's to make a boot
cd. SO, I REMOVED THE REQUIREMENT FOR A LOGON PASSWORD UNTIL SUCH TIME AS I
AM NEAR A PLACE THAT I CAN BUY BLANK CDS.

Yes, t-4-2, i do realize that under normal circumstances, I would and DO
have logon passwords required....as i have set on my desktops back home.

Please don't post if all you will do is be sarcastic and not help. If you
don't know a way, then don't respond. What has happened is a windows update
installed incorrectly on my new laptop this last weekend, and reset windows
logon requirements that i previously set. I was looking to see, before i
completely re-installed windows, if there was some other way to restore to an
earlier point. I was not able to with F8 or F12 commands on startup to
bypass the need to enter a logon password-which had never been set to begin
with, and the need for such was set to "no password required upon logon".



"t-4-2" wrote:

> Hello, Semunky. It might seem stupid to ask. You said you had re-set
> the password to none. Do you remember what that password was ? If you
> do, try to enter that one when prompted. Why you want an admin.account
> w/o password is beyond me. You have to have some numbers or words that
> you will never forget.
>
>
> --
> t-4-2
>

semunky;684279 Wrote:

> No, since I set the logon requirement to "no password required upon
> logon", i
> do NOT remember the password...as there was NO PASSWORD PERIOD. Not
> even
> before I set the logon requirement.
>
> This laptop, again, was VERY recently bought in a short amount of time.
> Although i said I was "home", i was NOT HOME, but 'home in the US' for
> a few
> days. I did not turn on my new computer until I returned to my current
> location. At my current location I do not have access to cd's to make a
> boot
> cd. SO, I REMOVED THE REQUIREMENT FOR A LOGON PASSWORD UNTIL SUCH TIME
> AS I
> AM NEAR A PLACE THAT I CAN BUY BLANK CDS.
>
> Yes, t-4-2, i do realize that under normal circumstances, I would and
> DO
> have logon passwords required....as i have set on my desktops back
> home.
>
> Please don't post if all you will do is be sarcastic and not help. If
> you
> don't know a way, then don't respond. What has happened is a windows
> update
> installed incorrectly on my new laptop this last weekend, and reset
> windows
> logon requirements that i previously set. I was looking to see, before
> i
> completely re-installed windows, if there was some other way to restore
> to an
> earlier point. I was not able to with F8 or F12 commands on startup to
> bypass the need to enter a logon password-which had never been set to
> begin
> with, and the need for such was set to "no password required upon
> logon".
>
>
>
> "t-4-2" wrote:

Hello Semunky. I sincerely apologize to have offended you. Whatever I
wrote in my last post was never intended to be sarcastic by any stretch
of imagination. The reason of my asking if you remembered the password
you removed was that perhaps the update had reverted things back to
previous arrangements. Maybe then the old password would still be good.
That was my line of thought. Should have explained my rationale to avoid
the misunderstanding. I'm on to something that might help. I'll test it
first, if it's good, I'll let you know. Again I'm sorry.


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t-4-2

semunky;682927 Wrote:

> I am on deployment with my laptop that has windows vista. I bought the
> laptop while home on 2 week leave and have not had it long. Upon buying
> the
> computer, I reset the administrator password, so there was not one.
> Upon
> logging in, I always hit enter w/o entering anything and get into
> windows. I
> shut down the computer last night and when I restarted this morning, I
> discovered that windows is acting like I have a logon password. I do
> not. I
> can not log into windows. When entering safe mode, I reach the same
> problem:
> I am brought to the windows logon page, and can not get in as I get the
> error
> stating "that is an incorrect password" or similar.
> I would welcome any help or advice, as re-installing windows is not a
> pleasant thought. I do not have access to blank cd's at my current
> location
> in order to make the boot cd in order to reset a password, which is why
> i
> have not done so yet.

Hello Semunky. This is t-4-2 again. The link at the end of this post
will show you how to enable the Real Built-in Administrator in Safe
Mode. Using the real built-in admin. to create a password so you can
log in when you go back to normal mode. You'll have to read through both
tutorials. Good luck.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/123496-safe-mode.html


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t-4-2

t-4-2:
Thank you for the link, and I do appreciate the help. I have forwarded the
link in an email to myself so i can have it for future reference should a
windows update install improperly again and result in this problem.

I have just finished re-installing windows Vista in order to regain access
and use my computer. I was only trying to keep from losing my pictures and
videos that I transferred from 3 - 8gb thumbdrives to the new computer. This
computer was meant as a temporary storage until I returned home again in 6
months, and could back them up. No major harm was done and the problem was
resolved, although it was annoying to have to reinstall and lose a few months
of pictures.

Once I have access to a place where i can buy some blank cd's, you can rest
assured that I will be backing up any future pictures onto those cd's, as
well as creating a boot cd, and re-instating the requirement for a password
upon windows logon.

semunky;684437 Wrote:

> t-4-2:
> Thank you for the link, and I do appreciate the help. I have forwarded
> the
> link in an email to myself so i can have it for future reference should
> a
> windows update install improperly again and result in this problem.
>
> I have just finished re-installing windows Vista in order to regain
> access
> and use my computer. I was only trying to keep from losing my pictures
> and
> videos that I transferred from 3 - 8gb thumbdrives to the new computer.
> This
> computer was meant as a temporary storage until I returned home again
> in 6
> months, and could back them up. No major harm was done and the problem
> was
> resolved, although it was annoying to have to reinstall and lose a few
> months
> of pictures.
>
> Once I have access to a place where i can buy some blank cd's, you can
> rest
> assured that I will be backing up any future pictures onto those cd's,
> as
> well as creating a boot cd, and re-instating the requirement for a
> password
> upon windows logon.

It's wonderful to hear that your problem has been resolved. I would use
dvds instead of cds. See ya.


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t-4-2