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locked xp


Question Posted Tuesday August 9 2005, 7:13 am

When I start up I get the message "This computer is in use and has been locked" "Only pc-01/(my name) or an administrator can unlock the computer" Then get a screen with user name ( mine filled in) and below password (is blank)
If I click on ok it all opens up but am unable to open existing files in word etc. They are all marked "unavailable"
Do not know how I have done this but need to get thus sorted. Any help appreciated


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HowYouDooin answered Monday August 29 2005, 1:10 am:
try solving it this way

restart your computer in safe mode
log in as the administrator no password is needed
go to the account manager and change the passwords to what you know

restart your computer in normal mode and change what ever you like.

hope this helped

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xomegaroni answered Wednesday August 10 2005, 8:45 pm:
ok when you're on your computer go to properties by right clicking on the main screen. go to the screen saver tab and under the pic theres ur screen saver and then theres a thing that says wait:___ mins and next to it it says- On resume, password protect. if thats checked then that could be the problem so uncheck it and click ok cause thats what happened to mine but i unchecked it. if its not checked then i cant help ya, sorry.

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Roxybabii922 answered Tuesday August 9 2005, 4:28 pm:
I had something like this happen to my computer, unfortunately mine wouldn't fix. I had to wipe my hardrive and re-load everything. It a virus I believe.

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SoInToYoUx0x answered Tuesday August 9 2005, 12:35 pm:
what you can do is restore your computer to a time when you didnt have that problem.. (if u dont know how to drop it in my inbox and i will explain it to you) restore your computer and see if it works. if not then idk what you did. hope this helps a lil if not i am sry.

*~Stephanie~*

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