My parents have a dell laptop and they did something to it because it's asking for a password for everthing now. If I click on Start it asks for a password, if I click on anything, any icon, any click of the mouse it want's a password. I know the password but I still can't find much help with Google. I'm sure this is a simple fix but since it takes me 15mins just to do the simplest of task I'm getting :icon33:
Any help would be appreciated.
Hmmmm....
You might want to goto my computer.
then right click the c drive and select properties.
Click on the security tab.
Then click advanced.
Then click Owner tab.
Click on Administrators and check ' Replace owner on subcontainers and objectx'.
Then click apply.
The problem definitely isn't NTFS permissions. If you don't have permissions at the file level it just gives an access denied message rather than prompting for a password. I'm guessing its a "Security" application that they've installed (possibly running hidden).
Actually, if you boot into Safe Mode no matter what OS, the Security tab becomes available to set NTFS permissions like you would in a Domain environment.
I suggest booting into Safe Mode, logging on as Administrator, and blanking out their password. Then set the NTFS permissions.
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