If you use the Classic Logon" box it will shown Password as blank , if so just enter username & press OK.
If you use "Welcome Screen" you should only have to click on username.
Is this what you mean.?
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To logon as Computer default Administrator; (& default Administrator account isn't shown)
For XP PRO;
At Welcome Screen press Ctrl+Alt+Delete keys together TWICE.
For XP Home;
Use Safe Mode & at Welcome Screen press Cyrl+Alt+Delete keys TWICE.
To enter Safe Mode press F8 key many times during startup until Menu is displayed
then use Arrow keys to select Safe Mode & press Enter key.
The default Administrator password is blank unless you have set one. (the Default Administrator Password isn't your Computer/Administrator password)
(If you have Auto logon set , use Log Off to show Log On Screen.)
(If you use Classic Log On menu enter Administrator for PRO normal mode & Home safe mode)
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Once you have Loggs on use Control Panel "User Accounts" , select Account check for Passwords.
Message Edited by gryjhnhpe on 12-18-2003 06:36 AM
I use "Welcome screen". Previously I can enter directly to my desktop after I restart the windows XP home edition. This time I installed some software and restart windows XP, there appeared my username, and I clicked on my username, but it just stay there, and I can not enter my desktop. What should I do now? Thanks!
Try Advanced Menu , "Last ....Good" then "Safe Mode" & check "Control Panel" , "User Accounts".
To enter Safe Mode tap F8 many times during Startup until Advanced Menu is displayed then use Arrow keys to select "Last ...Good" or "Safe Mode" & press "Enter" key.
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Or try Logon as Default Administrator as previous message said.
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You said originally Logon asked for Password.???
Message Edited by gryjhnhpe on 12-18-2003 07:07 AM
If you have not set a password for your account you should be able to leave the password block blank and log in. I suspect that the reason you are suddenly unable to enter your desktop without a login is that among the software you installed was the .NET Framework, which creates a new user account without notifying you. See the thread
here for more information.
You should be able to correct the problem by deleting the new ASP.NET account in Control Panel|User Accounts as System Administrator. As posted previously, to log on in that account start your computer in Safe Mode. Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete twice. Enter
Administrator as the user name, leave the password block blank, and OK.
Hi, all Thank you so much for your kind answers. I tried as what you said, and press F8 to enter the safe mode, and found the Administrator account, I pressed Ctrl-Alt-Delete twice, entered
Administrator as the user name, leave the password block blank, and click Ok, but it returned to the "Welcome screen", I still can not login to the desktop. So, I had to reinstall the windows XP home edition, and found that my former windows was installed in the NTFS partition, not in the FAT32 partition, the FAT32 HD partition is too small to install windows XP in my Dell laptop. Now I had to reinstall windows XP in the NTFS HD partition to overwrite the old one, it worked well and I can login now, but I have to reinstall the drivers, softwares, ... It is boring. So, I drew the conclusion that if your windows XP is installed in the FAT32 HD partition, you can login through the safe mode, otherwise, not. I do not know why the FAT32 HD partition in my DELL Inspiron 600M laptop is too small, are the others also too small? What are your opinions?
This might not apply, but when you enter a blank password, you must place the cursor in the password box & click on it before you press Enter. I found this out the hard way after an unnecessary reinstallation of XP.
The ~30MB FAT partition contains Dell diagnostics. It is present on all Dell XP systems and contains nothing else. All Dell systems with XP installed have the operating sytsem installed in the NTFS-formatted C:\ partition. Your inability to log on as system administrator may be due to the fact that Sysprep was used to set up your system. It has nothing to do with the small FAT partition.
In any case, it's good to know that you are back in business, despite the need to reinstall drivers and applications.
pingping wrote: So, I had to reinstall the windows XP home edition, and found that my former windows was installed in the NTFS partition, not in the FAT32 partition, the FAT32 HD partition is too small to install windows XP in my Dell laptop. Now I had to reinstall windows XP in the NTFS HD partition to overwrite the old one, it worked well and I can login now, but I have to reinstall the drivers, softwares, ... It is boring. So, I drew the conclusion that if your windows XP is installed in the FAT32 HD partition, you can login through the safe mode, otherwise, not. I do not know why the FAT32 HD partition in my DELL Inspiron 600M laptop is too small, are the others also too small? What are your opinions?
The small partition should be a FAT partition not FAT32 as DENNY said.
If Disk Manager shows less than 2MB used it doesn't contain DELL Diagnostics & can be deleted at XP reinstallation , if it did it can usually be accessed by press F12 at boot (startup).
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If you use "Welcome Screen" you should only have to click on username.
Is this what you mean.?
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To logon as Computer default Administrator; (& default Administrator account isn't shown)
At Welcome Screen press Ctrl+Alt+Delete keys together TWICE.
Use Safe Mode & at Welcome Screen press Cyrl+Alt+Delete keys TWICE.
then use Arrow keys to select Safe Mode & press Enter key.
(If you use Classic Log On menu enter Administrator for PRO normal mode & Home safe mode)
Once you have Loggs on use Control Panel "User Accounts" , select Account check for Passwords.
Message Edited by gryjhnhpe on 12-18-2003 06:36 AM
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To enter Safe Mode tap F8 many times during Startup until Advanced Menu is displayed then use Arrow keys to select "Last ...Good" or "Safe Mode" & press "Enter" key.
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Or try Logon as Default Administrator as previous message said.
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You said originally Logon asked for Password.???
Message Edited by gryjhnhpe on 12-18-2003 07:07 AM
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If you have not set a password for your account you should be able to leave the password block blank and log in. I suspect that the reason you are suddenly unable to enter your desktop without a login is that among the software you installed was the .NET Framework, which creates a new user account without notifying you. See the thread here for more information.
You should be able to correct the problem by deleting the new ASP.NET account in Control Panel|User Accounts as System Administrator. As posted previously, to log on in that account start your computer in Safe Mode. Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete twice. Enter Administrator as the user name, leave the password block blank, and OK.
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Message Edited by Mary G on 12-18-2003 11:00 AM
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The ~30MB FAT partition contains Dell diagnostics. It is present on all Dell XP systems and contains nothing else. All Dell systems with XP installed have the operating sytsem installed in the NTFS-formatted C:\ partition. Your inability to log on as system administrator may be due to the fact that Sysprep was used to set up your system. It has nothing to do with the small FAT partition.
In any case, it's good to know that you are back in business, despite the need to reinstall drivers and applications.
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December 18th, 2003 17:00
If Disk Manager shows less than 2MB used it doesn't contain DELL Diagnostics & can be deleted at XP reinstallation , if it did it can usually be accessed by press F12 at boot (startup).