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xp password problem
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:20 am
by ALLiED
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
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Any help would be appreciated.
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 11:13 am
by FragaGeddon
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:52 pm
by Tormentius
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).
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 9:47 pm
by raw
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.