XP Pro is prompting for a password after upgrade? 1

[shooter902]

Hello all, my buddy is having with his XP Pro upgrade. He installed over 98SE and all went fine. he created a profile for himself (with no password), when he rebooted, but when he rebooted it prompted him for his user name and a password, but it will not take ANY user name or password combos. He never had a password created in 98, so I don't think it was grabing something form there. I had him try to log on as Administrator with no password, still kicked him out..what are we missing?


Thanks Tons

 

[ggitech]

Try just the user name that he has setup, and no password -much like what you did with the Admin account.

 

[wolluf]

You could try installing XP again - as a repair reinstall (boot xp install CD, choose new install - when it finds existing installation it should offer repair option - type R. Take this option - it should prompt for new Administrator password during this process (you'll need Xp install key too).

 

[bcastner]

1. Make sure his username does not end in a period (.)
2. If he used the same username as he had under Windows 98 then this may apply: "XP Unexpectantly assigns User Passwords with an Upgrade Installation"

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318026