asks for usernm/passwd, won't let me log on

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My PC got shut down by a power loss, and the next time I started it, after
disk check ran, a strange blue screen flashed suddenly with some text at the
top which I didn't have time to read, and rebooted ... after bootup, a blue
screen appeared and a window saying "log on to windows xp" which asked me for
my username & password. I didn't have either of these, and anything I try to
enter, including leaving them blank, the computer won't let me log on. Not
even in safe mode. This log on business started up on its own and i can't
log on even though i never used a username or password. i even went into
setup, but there seems to be nothing there which can help me.
 
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My PC got shut down by a power loss, and the next time I started it,
after disk check ran, a strange blue screen flashed suddenly with
some text at the top which I didn't have time to read, and rebooted
... after bootup, a blue screen appeared and a window saying "log on
to windows xp" which asked me for my username & password. I didn't
have either of these, and anything I try to enter, including leaving
them blank, the computer won't let me log on. Not even in safe mode.
This log on business started up on its own and i can't log on even
though i never used a username or password. i even went into setup,
but there seems to be nothing there which can help me.
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Kill the existing password. You should be able to find the username.
Basically you'll want to head to the site below and get one of the various
tools to kill your admin password. From there you'll press start > run >
type "control userpasswords" and figure out which account is yours and go
ahead and reset the password to blank if that's what you want.

Password Problems :
http://kgiii.info/windows/2k-XP/security/password_problems.html

Galen
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"You know that a conjurer gets no credit when once he has explained his
trick; and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will
come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all."

Sherlock Holmes
 
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