"Andrew E." wrote:
> Usually pressing the "enter key" will work if no password was created.
> Otherwise,tap the F8 key on pc start,select safe-mode,enter xp as
> administrator,
> in xp,open user accounts & edit xp start.
>
> "MegaBite" wrote:
Booted up in Safe Mode. Still asks for the "Owner" login. No entries for
the Password, including a blank entry, wosrk. Still locked out.
Ran a virus scan from a bootable Symntec anti-virus disk.
Started to re-install XP, but system says it cannot find the hard drive, yet
system will boot into Safe Mode. Sounds like boot track is corrupted, but
can it be corrected?
>
> > Have a Gateway Tablet Laptop. It has suddenly started asking for a User ID
> > and Password to login to Windows XP. The word "Owner" appears in the User ID
> > slot.
> >
> > Never set this up & it rejects all password. Completely locked out of system.
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> > >> Stay informed about: User ID & Password