I need to undo what I did in Users and Passwords

[Guest ddt]

Please --- I hope you can help this grandmother of 10 to undo what I did.

 

I bought my computer from my work back in 2003. It came with Windows 2000

Professional. Previous to my getting into Users and Passwords today -- on

the Control Panel I used to be able to turn my computer on, and everything

would come up on the screen without putting a password in. Well due to my

daughter and her small children (my grandchildren), planning to come and live

with me. I thought that I would fix my computer so that it required a

password to get into it. This is the first time I ever attemped to do this.

If I can get things back to the way they used to be, maybe I will just put a

lock on the door of the room I keep the computer in instead. I am so sorry I

got into what I did. I just want to undo what I did.

 

Well here is what I did ---- I went to the computers Control Panel & I got

into

Users and Passwords and clicked on

User Name- Administrator

Group Name- Administrators

and clicked Set Password.

I made-up a password.

Then instead of selecting Shut Down my computer

I selected Log off Administrator.

 

Then when I got back on my computer it brought up a two boxes, one already

had the word User in it & the second box was for my password. I put that in

but could not get into my computer. Then I changed the Word in the first box

to read Administrator and then put my password in the second box and I got

into my computer, but then found that My Desktop was **very different**. I

also found that all of the documents I had previously over the years saved in

My Documents folder were gone, there were a lot of them. Then after trying

several different things I finnaly found that if I Right Clicked on the Start

Button, then

selected Explore All Users ... (I had never gotten into that before). Well

in getting into that I discovered that there was a *Default User* and a *User

folder*. The User folder is the one that has all of my documents in it. If

I could somehow fix it so that when I log into my computer I can go right

into the User Folder and NOT the Default User Folder that is what I want.

I hope this can be done .... I think it can because

I found that if I go to the Control Panel and select the Systems Icon

instead of the Users and Passwords icon and then select the User Profiles tab

it shows that I have two User Profiles stored on my computer.

 

They both have the same number but after the \ one says Administrator and

the other one says User. I am sure that the one that has the word User after

the \ is the Profile I want.

 

How can I fix it so that I can get back into the profile I want. I am sure

the profile, with the word User after the \ ---- is the one I had previously

before --- I messed everything up today. I am sure it was the one that was

in use -- back when my computer just turned on by its self -- without a

password. I am sure of this ---Because the one that says Administrator after

the \ is much smaller it has a lot less KB's.

 

I hope you can help this Grandmother who will never get into the control

panel again and mess with things that I should not be messing with.

Thank-you, and may God Bless and Give you a Wonderful Christmas if you can

just help me. Acturally I Want you to have a Wonderful Christmas even if you

can't help me, but I hope you can.

 

kst

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: I need to undo what I did in Users and Passwords

 

 

"ddt" <ddt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:D52CDDAF-4F88-4122-97BE-9F2B961588CB@microsoft.com...

> Please --- I hope you can help this grandmother of 10 to undo what I did.

>

> I bought my computer from my work back in 2003. It came with Windows 2000

> Professional. Previous to my getting into Users and Passwords today --

> on

> the Control Panel I used to be able to turn my computer on, and everything

> would come up on the screen without putting a password in. Well due to my

> daughter and her small children (my grandchildren), planning to come and

> live

> with me. I thought that I would fix my computer so that it required a

> password to get into it. This is the first time I ever attemped to do

> this.

> If I can get things back to the way they used to be, maybe I will just put

> a

> lock on the door of the room I keep the computer in instead. I am so

> sorry I

> got into what I did. I just want to undo what I did.

>

> Well here is what I did ---- I went to the computers Control Panel & I got

> into

> Users and Passwords and clicked on

> User Name- Administrator

> Group Name- Administrators

> and clicked Set Password.

> I made-up a password.

> Then instead of selecting Shut Down my computer

> I selected Log off Administrator.

>

> Then when I got back on my computer it brought up a two boxes, one already

> had the word User in it & the second box was for my password. I put that

> in

> but could not get into my computer. Then I changed the Word in the first

> box

> to read Administrator and then put my password in the second box and I got

> into my computer, but then found that My Desktop was **very different**.

> I

> also found that all of the documents I had previously over the years saved

> in

> My Documents folder were gone, there were a lot of them. Then after

> trying

> several different things I finnaly found that if I Right Clicked on the

> Start

> Button, then

> selected Explore All Users ... (I had never gotten into that before).

> Well

> in getting into that I discovered that there was a *Default User* and a

> *User

> folder*. The User folder is the one that has all of my documents in it.

> If

> I could somehow fix it so that when I log into my computer I can go right

> into the User Folder and NOT the Default User Folder that is what I want.

> I hope this can be done .... I think it can because

> I found that if I go to the Control Panel and select the Systems Icon

> instead of the Users and Passwords icon and then select the User Profiles

> tab

> it shows that I have two User Profiles stored on my computer.

>

> They both have the same number but after the \ one says Administrator and

> the other one says User. I am sure that the one that has the word User

> after

> the \ is the Profile I want.

>

> How can I fix it so that I can get back into the profile I want. I am

> sure

> the profile, with the word User after the \ ---- is the one I had

> previously

> before --- I messed everything up today. I am sure it was the one that

> was

> in use -- back when my computer just turned on by its self -- without a

> password. I am sure of this ---Because the one that says Administrator

> after

> the \ is much smaller it has a lot less KB's.

>

> I hope you can help this Grandmother who will never get into the control

> panel again and mess with things that I should not be messing with.

> Thank-you, and may God Bless and Give you a Wonderful Christmas if you can

> just help me. Acturally I Want you to have a Wonderful Christmas even if

> you

> can't help me, but I hope you can.

>

> kst

 

You appear to have changed the password that goes with the account

called "User", without making a note of what you changed it to. You

now need to change it to something that you can remember AND

MAKE A NOTE OF IT!

 

1. Log on as administrator.

2. Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}

3. Type this command:

net user user grandmother{Enter}

[yes, the word "user" must be there twice!]

4. Log off, then log on as User / grandmother

[Guest ddt]

Re: I need to undo what I did in Users and Passwords

 

Pegasus (MVP) Thank you --- So Very Much !!! I can never thank you enough, it

was wonderful to see my Desktop again !!! I also want to thank you for

responding so Fast --- You are Wonderful, & I hope you & your family has a

wonderful Christmas.

 

I have one more question concerning this issue.... acturally two more

questions

 

1st Question

You said that I must of changed the password to the account called user with

out making note of what I changed it to. I wasn't aware that I did that.

You see before I got into the Users and Passwords section of the control

panel I was able to just turn my computer on and it would automaticly come up

with my desk top and all of my saved documents, like it does now --- only now

I have log in with the word grandmother. Will I ever be able to just turn my

computer on without using a password ?

 

2nd Question

Is there a way to change my password from grandmother to something else ?

kst

 

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

> "ddt" <ddt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:D52CDDAF-4F88-4122-97BE-9F2B961588CB@microsoft.com...

> > Please --- I hope you can help this grandmother of 10 to undo what I did.

> >

> > I bought my computer from my work back in 2003. It came with Windows 2000

> > Professional. Previous to my getting into Users and Passwords today --

> > on

> > the Control Panel I used to be able to turn my computer on, and everything

> > would come up on the screen without putting a password in. Well due to my

> > daughter and her small children (my grandchildren), planning to come and

> > live

> > with me. I thought that I would fix my computer so that it required a

> > password to get into it. This is the first time I ever attemped to do

> > this.

> > If I can get things back to the way they used to be, maybe I will just put

> > a

> > lock on the door of the room I keep the computer in instead. I am so

> > sorry I

> > got into what I did. I just want to undo what I did.

> >

> > Well here is what I did ---- I went to the computers Control Panel & I got

> > into

> > Users and Passwords and clicked on

> > User Name- Administrator

> > Group Name- Administrators

> > and clicked Set Password.

> > I made-up a password.

> > Then instead of selecting Shut Down my computer

> > I selected Log off Administrator.

> >

> > Then when I got back on my computer it brought up a two boxes, one already

> > had the word User in it & the second box was for my password. I put that

> > in

> > but could not get into my computer. Then I changed the Word in the first

> > box

> > to read Administrator and then put my password in the second box and I got

> > into my computer, but then found that My Desktop was **very different**.

> > I

> > also found that all of the documents I had previously over the years saved

> > in

> > My Documents folder were gone, there were a lot of them. Then after

> > trying

> > several different things I finnaly found that if I Right Clicked on the

> > Start

> > Button, then

> > selected Explore All Users ... (I had never gotten into that before).

> > Well

> > in getting into that I discovered that there was a *Default User* and a

> > *User

> > folder*. The User folder is the one that has all of my documents in it.

> > If

> > I could somehow fix it so that when I log into my computer I can go right

> > into the User Folder and NOT the Default User Folder that is what I want.

> > I hope this can be done .... I think it can because

> > I found that if I go to the Control Panel and select the Systems Icon

> > instead of the Users and Passwords icon and then select the User Profiles

> > tab

> > it shows that I have two User Profiles stored on my computer.

> >

> > They both have the same number but after the \ one says Administrator and

> > the other one says User. I am sure that the one that has the word User

> > after

> > the \ is the Profile I want.

> >

> > How can I fix it so that I can get back into the profile I want. I am

> > sure

> > the profile, with the word User after the \ ---- is the one I had

> > previously

> > before --- I messed everything up today. I am sure it was the one that

> > was

> > in use -- back when my computer just turned on by its self -- without a

> > password. I am sure of this ---Because the one that says Administrator

> > after

> > the \ is much smaller it has a lot less KB's.

> >

> > I hope you can help this Grandmother who will never get into the control

> > panel again and mess with things that I should not be messing with.

> > Thank-you, and may God Bless and Give you a Wonderful Christmas if you can

> > just help me. Acturally I Want you to have a Wonderful Christmas even if

> > you

> > can't help me, but I hope you can.

> >

> > kst

>

> You appear to have changed the password that goes with the account

> called "User", without making a note of what you changed it to. You

> now need to change it to something that you can remember AND

> MAKE A NOTE OF IT!

>

> 1. Log on as administrator.

> 2. Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}

> 3. Type this command:

> net user user grandmother{Enter}

> [yes, the word "user" must be there twice!]

> 4. Log off, then log on as User / grandmother

>

>

>

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: I need to undo what I did in Users and Passwords

 

*** See below.

 

"ddt" <ddt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:7B1B3170-660D-454B-9B1A-5032FCF54D6D@microsoft.com...

> Pegasus (MVP) Thank you --- So Very Much !!! I can never thank you enough,

> it

> was wonderful to see my Desktop again !!! I also want to thank you for

> responding so Fast --- You are Wonderful, & I hope you & your family has a

> wonderful Christmas.

 

*** You're welcome.

> I have one more question concerning this issue.... acturally two more

> questions

>

> 1st Question

> You said that I must of changed the password to the account called user

> with

> out making note of what I changed it to. I wasn't aware that I did that.

> You see before I got into the Users and Passwords section of the control

> panel I was able to just turn my computer on and it would automaticly come

> up

> with my desk top and all of my saved documents, like it does now --- only

> now

> I have log in with the word grandmother. Will I ever be able to just turn

> my

> computer on without using a password ?

 

*** Launch the Control Panel and click "Users and Passwords". Now click

*** your preferred user account, then untick the box that requires users

*** to enter a password. Click OK and enter your current password

*** when prompted.

> 2nd Question

> Is there a way to change my password from grandmother to something else ?

> kst

 

*** Press Ctrl+Alt+Del, then click "Change Password".

> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

>>

>> "ddt" <ddt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:D52CDDAF-4F88-4122-97BE-9F2B961588CB@microsoft.com...

>> > Please --- I hope you can help this grandmother of 10 to undo what I

>> > did.

>> >

>> > I bought my computer from my work back in 2003. It came with Windows

>> > 2000

>> > Professional. Previous to my getting into Users and Passwords today --

>> > on

>> > the Control Panel I used to be able to turn my computer on, and

>> > everything

>> > would come up on the screen without putting a password in. Well due to

>> > my

>> > daughter and her small children (my grandchildren), planning to come

>> > and

>> > live

>> > with me. I thought that I would fix my computer so that it required a

>> > password to get into it. This is the first time I ever attemped to do

>> > this.

>> > If I can get things back to the way they used to be, maybe I will just

>> > put

>> > a

>> > lock on the door of the room I keep the computer in instead. I am so

>> > sorry I

>> > got into what I did. I just want to undo what I did.

>> >

>> > Well here is what I did ---- I went to the computers Control Panel & I

>> > got

>> > into

>> > Users and Passwords and clicked on

>> > User Name- Administrator

>> > Group Name- Administrators

>> > and clicked Set Password.

>> > I made-up a password.

>> > Then instead of selecting Shut Down my computer

>> > I selected Log off Administrator.

>> >

>> > Then when I got back on my computer it brought up a two boxes, one

>> > already

>> > had the word User in it & the second box was for my password. I put

>> > that

>> > in

>> > but could not get into my computer. Then I changed the Word in the

>> > first

>> > box

>> > to read Administrator and then put my password in the second box and I

>> > got

>> > into my computer, but then found that My Desktop was **very

>> > different**.

>> > I

>> > also found that all of the documents I had previously over the years

>> > saved

>> > in

>> > My Documents folder were gone, there were a lot of them. Then after

>> > trying

>> > several different things I finnaly found that if I Right Clicked on the

>> > Start

>> > Button, then

>> > selected Explore All Users ... (I had never gotten into that before).

>> > Well

>> > in getting into that I discovered that there was a *Default User* and a

>> > *User

>> > folder*. The User folder is the one that has all of my documents in

>> > it.

>> > If

>> > I could somehow fix it so that when I log into my computer I can go

>> > right

>> > into the User Folder and NOT the Default User Folder that is what I

>> > want.

>> > I hope this can be done .... I think it can because

>> > I found that if I go to the Control Panel and select the Systems Icon

>> > instead of the Users and Passwords icon and then select the User

>> > Profiles

>> > tab

>> > it shows that I have two User Profiles stored on my computer.

>> >

>> > They both have the same number but after the \ one says Administrator

>> > and

>> > the other one says User. I am sure that the one that has the word User

>> > after

>> > the \ is the Profile I want.

>> >

>> > How can I fix it so that I can get back into the profile I want. I am

>> > sure

>> > the profile, with the word User after the \ ---- is the one I had

>> > previously

>> > before --- I messed everything up today. I am sure it was the one that

>> > was

>> > in use -- back when my computer just turned on by its self -- without

>> > a

>> > password. I am sure of this ---Because the one that says Administrator

>> > after

>> > the \ is much smaller it has a lot less KB's.

>> >

>> > I hope you can help this Grandmother who will never get into the

>> > control

>> > panel again and mess with things that I should not be messing with.

>> > Thank-you, and may God Bless and Give you a Wonderful Christmas if you

>> > can

>> > just help me. Acturally I Want you to have a Wonderful Christmas even

>> > if

>> > you

>> > can't help me, but I hope you can.

>> >

>> > kst

>>

>> You appear to have changed the password that goes with the account

>> called "User", without making a note of what you changed it to. You

>> now need to change it to something that you can remember AND

>> MAKE A NOTE OF IT!

>>

>> 1. Log on as administrator.

>> 2. Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}

>> 3. Type this command:

>> net user user grandmother{Enter}

>> [yes, the word "user" must be there twice!]

>> 4. Log off, then log on as User / grandmother

>>

>>

>>

[Guest ddt]

Re: I need to undo what I did in Users and Passwords

 

Pegasus (MVP) Thank you Again,

But your instructions were a bit unclear

In reference to the answer you gave to my two questions.

 

1st Question

Which one is my preferred user account ?

I have (4) choices

User Name Group

Administrator Administrators

ASPNET Users

Guest Guests

User Administratiors

I suspect the one I should use may be the last one

but I am not sure, and I don't want to make anymore mistakes.

 

2nd Question

You said ... Press Ctrl+Alt+Del, then click "Change Password".

Where do I need to be when I do this

Logged off my computer or what

 

Thank you so much for being patient with me an answering my

dumb questions.

 

 

 

--

kst

 

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

> *** See below.

>

> "ddt" <ddt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:7B1B3170-660D-454B-9B1A-5032FCF54D6D@microsoft.com...

> > Pegasus (MVP) Thank you --- So Very Much !!! I can never thank you enough,

> > it

> > was wonderful to see my Desktop again !!! I also want to thank you for

> > responding so Fast --- You are Wonderful, & I hope you & your family has a

> > wonderful Christmas.

>

> *** You're welcome.

>

> > I have one more question concerning this issue.... acturally two more

> > questions

> >

> > 1st Question

> > You said that I must of changed the password to the account called user

> > with

> > out making note of what I changed it to. I wasn't aware that I did that.

> > You see before I got into the Users and Passwords section of the control

> > panel I was able to just turn my computer on and it would automaticly come

> > up

> > with my desk top and all of my saved documents, like it does now --- only

> > now

> > I have log in with the word grandmother. Will I ever be able to just turn

> > my

> > computer on without using a password ?

>

> *** Launch the Control Panel and click "Users and Passwords". Now click

> *** your preferred user account, then untick the box that requires users

> *** to enter a password. Click OK and enter your current password

> *** when prompted.

>

> > 2nd Question

> > Is there a way to change my password from grandmother to something else ?

> > kst

>

> *** Press Ctrl+Alt+Del, then click "Change Password".

>

> > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

> >

> >>

> >> "ddt" <ddt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> >> news:D52CDDAF-4F88-4122-97BE-9F2B961588CB@microsoft.com...

> >> > Please --- I hope you can help this grandmother of 10 to undo what I

> >> > did.

> >> >

> >> > I bought my computer from my work back in 2003. It came with Windows

> >> > 2000

> >> > Professional. Previous to my getting into Users and Passwords today --

> >> > on

> >> > the Control Panel I used to be able to turn my computer on, and

> >> > everything

> >> > would come up on the screen without putting a password in. Well due to

> >> > my

> >> > daughter and her small children (my grandchildren), planning to come

> >> > and

> >> > live

> >> > with me. I thought that I would fix my computer so that it required a

> >> > password to get into it. This is the first time I ever attemped to do

> >> > this.

> >> > If I can get things back to the way they used to be, maybe I will just

> >> > put

> >> > a

> >> > lock on the door of the room I keep the computer in instead. I am so

> >> > sorry I

> >> > got into what I did. I just want to undo what I did.

> >> >

> >> > Well here is what I did ---- I went to the computers Control Panel & I

> >> > got

> >> > into

> >> > Users and Passwords and clicked on

> >> > User Name- Administrator

> >> > Group Name- Administrators

> >> > and clicked Set Password.

> >> > I made-up a password.

> >> > Then instead of selecting Shut Down my computer

> >> > I selected Log off Administrator.

> >> >

> >> > Then when I got back on my computer it brought up a two boxes, one

> >> > already

> >> > had the word User in it & the second box was for my password. I put

> >> > that

> >> > in

> >> > but could not get into my computer. Then I changed the Word in the

> >> > first

> >> > box

> >> > to read Administrator and then put my password in the second box and I

> >> > got

> >> > into my computer, but then found that My Desktop was **very

> >> > different**.

> >> > I

> >> > also found that all of the documents I had previously over the years

> >> > saved

> >> > in

> >> > My Documents folder were gone, there were a lot of them. Then after

> >> > trying

> >> > several different things I finnaly found that if I Right Clicked on the

> >> > Start

> >> > Button, then

> >> > selected Explore All Users ... (I had never gotten into that before).

> >> > Well

> >> > in getting into that I discovered that there was a *Default User* and a

> >> > *User

> >> > folder*. The User folder is the one that has all of my documents in

> >> > it.

> >> > If

> >> > I could somehow fix it so that when I log into my computer I can go

> >> > right

> >> > into the User Folder and NOT the Default User Folder that is what I

> >> > want.

> >> > I hope this can be done .... I think it can because

> >> > I found that if I go to the Control Panel and select the Systems Icon

> >> > instead of the Users and Passwords icon and then select the User

> >> > Profiles

> >> > tab

> >> > it shows that I have two User Profiles stored on my computer.

> >> >

> >> > They both have the same number but after the \ one says Administrator

> >> > and

> >> > the other one says User. I am sure that the one that has the word User

> >> > after

> >> > the \ is the Profile I want.

> >> >

> >> > How can I fix it so that I can get back into the profile I want. I am

> >> > sure

> >> > the profile, with the word User after the \ ---- is the one I had

> >> > previously

> >> > before --- I messed everything up today. I am sure it was the one that

> >> > was

> >> > in use -- back when my computer just turned on by its self -- without

> >> > a

> >> > password. I am sure of this ---Because the one that says Administrator

> >> > after

> >> > the \ is much smaller it has a lot less KB's.

> >> >

> >> > I hope you can help this Grandmother who will never get into the

> >> > control

> >> > panel again and mess with things that I should not be messing with.

> >> > Thank-you, and may God Bless and Give you a Wonderful Christmas if you

> >> > can

> >> > just help me. Acturally I Want you to have a Wonderful Christmas even

> >> > if

> >> > you

> >> > can't help me, but I hope you can.

> >> >

> >> > kst

> >>

> >> You appear to have changed the password that goes with the account

> >> called "User", without making a note of what you changed it to. You

> >> now need to change it to something that you can remember AND

> >> MAKE A NOTE OF IT!

> >>

> >> 1. Log on as administrator.

> >> 2. Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}

> >> 3. Type this command:

> >> net user user grandmother{Enter}

> >> [yes, the word "user" must be there twice!]

> >> 4. Log off, then log on as User / grandmother

> >>

> >>

> >>

>

>

>

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: I need to undo what I did in Users and Passwords

 

I think my instructions were very clear. You asked how to

arrange it so that you Windows goes straight to the desktop

after you turn on your PC. Well, the account that gets you

the fully populated desktop must be your preferred account.

The other accounts give you a depopulated desktop (which

was your initial complaint), so they cannot be your preferred

account. Try them one after the other until you know which

one it is!

 

About changing your password: I said "Press Ctr+Alt+Del".

Anywhere, anytime, no restrictions! Why don't you try it for yourself!

 

 

"ddt" <ddt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:AC078CB4-B3FC-457A-9814-0F54BB681F54@microsoft.com...

> Pegasus (MVP) Thank you Again,

> But your instructions were a bit unclear

> In reference to the answer you gave to my two questions.

>

> 1st Question

> Which one is my preferred user account ?

> I have (4) choices

> User Name Group

> Administrator Administrators

> ASPNET Users

> Guest Guests

> User Administratiors

> I suspect the one I should use may be the last one

> but I am not sure, and I don't want to make anymore mistakes.

>

> 2nd Question

> You said ... Press Ctrl+Alt+Del, then click "Change Password".

> Where do I need to be when I do this

> Logged off my computer or what

>

> Thank you so much for being patient with me an answering my

> dumb questions.

>

>

>

> --

> kst

>

>

> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

>> *** See below.

>>

>> "ddt" <ddt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:7B1B3170-660D-454B-9B1A-5032FCF54D6D@microsoft.com...

>> > Pegasus (MVP) Thank you --- So Very Much !!! I can never thank you

>> > enough,

>> > it

>> > was wonderful to see my Desktop again !!! I also want to thank you for

>> > responding so Fast --- You are Wonderful, & I hope you & your family

>> > has a

>> > wonderful Christmas.

>>

>> *** You're welcome.

>>

>> > I have one more question concerning this issue.... acturally two more

>> > questions

>> >

>> > 1st Question

>> > You said that I must of changed the password to the account called user

>> > with

>> > out making note of what I changed it to. I wasn't aware that I did

>> > that.

>> > You see before I got into the Users and Passwords section of the

>> > control

>> > panel I was able to just turn my computer on and it would automaticly

>> > come

>> > up

>> > with my desk top and all of my saved documents, like it does now ---

>> > only

>> > now

>> > I have log in with the word grandmother. Will I ever be able to just

>> > turn

>> > my

>> > computer on without using a password ?

>>

>> *** Launch the Control Panel and click "Users and Passwords". Now click

>> *** your preferred user account, then untick the box that requires users

>> *** to enter a password. Click OK and enter your current password

>> *** when prompted.

>>

>> > 2nd Question

>> > Is there a way to change my password from grandmother to something else

>> > ?

>> > kst

>>

>> *** Press Ctrl+Alt+Del, then click "Change Password".

>>

>> > "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>> >

>> >>

>> >> "ddt" <ddt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> >> news:D52CDDAF-4F88-4122-97BE-9F2B961588CB@microsoft.com...

>> >> > Please --- I hope you can help this grandmother of 10 to undo what

>> >> > I

>> >> > did.

>> >> >

>> >> > I bought my computer from my work back in 2003. It came with

>> >> > Windows

>> >> > 2000

>> >> > Professional. Previous to my getting into Users and Passwords

>> >> > today --

>> >> > on

>> >> > the Control Panel I used to be able to turn my computer on, and

>> >> > everything

>> >> > would come up on the screen without putting a password in. Well due

>> >> > to

>> >> > my

>> >> > daughter and her small children (my grandchildren), planning to come

>> >> > and

>> >> > live

>> >> > with me. I thought that I would fix my computer so that it required

>> >> > a

>> >> > password to get into it. This is the first time I ever attemped to

>> >> > do

>> >> > this.

>> >> > If I can get things back to the way they used to be, maybe I will

>> >> > just

>> >> > put

>> >> > a

>> >> > lock on the door of the room I keep the computer in instead. I am

>> >> > so

>> >> > sorry I

>> >> > got into what I did. I just want to undo what I did.

>> >> >

>> >> > Well here is what I did ---- I went to the computers Control Panel &

>> >> > I

>> >> > got

>> >> > into

>> >> > Users and Passwords and clicked on

>> >> > User Name- Administrator

>> >> > Group Name- Administrators

>> >> > and clicked Set Password.

>> >> > I made-up a password.

>> >> > Then instead of selecting Shut Down my computer

>> >> > I selected Log off Administrator.

>> >> >

>> >> > Then when I got back on my computer it brought up a two boxes, one

>> >> > already

>> >> > had the word User in it & the second box was for my password. I put

>> >> > that

>> >> > in

>> >> > but could not get into my computer. Then I changed the Word in the

>> >> > first

>> >> > box

>> >> > to read Administrator and then put my password in the second box and

>> >> > I

>> >> > got

>> >> > into my computer, but then found that My Desktop was **very

>> >> > different**.

>> >> > I

>> >> > also found that all of the documents I had previously over the years

>> >> > saved

>> >> > in

>> >> > My Documents folder were gone, there were a lot of them. Then after

>> >> > trying

>> >> > several different things I finnaly found that if I Right Clicked on

>> >> > the

>> >> > Start

>> >> > Button, then

>> >> > selected Explore All Users ... (I had never gotten into that

>> >> > before).

>> >> > Well

>> >> > in getting into that I discovered that there was a *Default User*

>> >> > and a

>> >> > *User

>> >> > folder*. The User folder is the one that has all of my documents in

>> >> > it.

>> >> > If

>> >> > I could somehow fix it so that when I log into my computer I can go

>> >> > right

>> >> > into the User Folder and NOT the Default User Folder that is what I

>> >> > want.

>> >> > I hope this can be done .... I think it can because

>> >> > I found that if I go to the Control Panel and select the Systems

>> >> > Icon

>> >> > instead of the Users and Passwords icon and then select the User

>> >> > Profiles

>> >> > tab

>> >> > it shows that I have two User Profiles stored on my computer.

>> >> >

>> >> > They both have the same number but after the \ one says

>> >> > Administrator

>> >> > and

>> >> > the other one says User. I am sure that the one that has the word

>> >> > User

>> >> > after

>> >> > the \ is the Profile I want.

>> >> >

>> >> > How can I fix it so that I can get back into the profile I want. I

>> >> > am

>> >> > sure

>> >> > the profile, with the word User after the \ ---- is the one I had

>> >> > previously

>> >> > before --- I messed everything up today. I am sure it was the one

>> >> > that

>> >> > was

>> >> > in use -- back when my computer just turned on by its self --

>> >> > without

>> >> > a

>> >> > password. I am sure of this ---Because the one that says

>> >> > Administrator

>> >> > after

>> >> > the \ is much smaller it has a lot less KB's.

>> >> >

>> >> > I hope you can help this Grandmother who will never get into the

>> >> > control

>> >> > panel again and mess with things that I should not be messing with.

>> >> > Thank-you, and may God Bless and Give you a Wonderful Christmas if

>> >> > you

>> >> > can

>> >> > just help me. Acturally I Want you to have a Wonderful Christmas

>> >> > even

>> >> > if

>> >> > you

>> >> > can't help me, but I hope you can.

>> >> >

>> >> > kst

>> >>

>> >> You appear to have changed the password that goes with the account

>> >> called "User", without making a note of what you changed it to. You

>> >> now need to change it to something that you can remember AND

>> >> MAKE A NOTE OF IT!

>> >>

>> >> 1. Log on as administrator.

>> >> 2. Click Start / Run / cmd {OK}

>> >> 3. Type this command:

>> >> net user user grandmother{Enter}

>> >> [yes, the word "user" must be there twice!]

>> >> 4. Log off, then log on as User / grandmother

>> >>

>> >>

>> >>

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