I am unable to get into my pc, it has sudenly started asking for a password for me to log in, never used one before, that I can remember. I have tried to enter via safe mode, in the hope that I could reset the password, but it wont let me reset without first entering the old one !! Anyone know why it has started to demand a password, or how I can solve this. I am doing a distance learning corse, and all my work is on this laptop...1 person needs an answerI do too

I had this same problem a few days ago and entered what I thought I would have set up as my password although I was pretty sure that I had not used one. It failed. Eventually I just hit return, ie password was presumably blank or null, and that did the trick. Since then the login has remained as the classic version (which I don't want) and the logoff seems to have changed to be a mix of the welcome screen version and the classic logoff. Although I have tried to change back to using the welcome screen to access the pc (by checking the Use the Welcome screen box in Control Panel -> User Accounts -> Change the way the users log on and off) this doesn't work at all. Hope this helps and good luck with your course work.

THANK YOU SO MUCH Spargo, that did the trick !!!!

Glad to be of servcie. I submitted a related problem report asking about why XP suddenly decided to ask for a password and stating that I couldn't get back to using the Welcome Screen. I haven't yet had a reply which cures the problem and I would be interested to know what caused it if anybody knows.