My computer is locked out and I can't get in. A Microsoft Windows XP Home
Edition window displays telling me to Unlock the computer. When I try to
enter in any character in the Username field or password the window does not
respond. After pressing the a couple of characters the screen displays a
warning message "This computer is locked only Thompson/AL or an
administrator can unlock this computer" I was logged in as a System
administrator. I cannot do anything to my computer. Please help

The screen saver might be configured to lock the computer after a period of
idle time and require password to unlock. If you don't know a password try
just leaving it blank to see if that works. If you can not work around it
you could try a hard reboot using the reboot switch on your computer or
shutting it down and powering it back on which should put you into normal
logon mode though could result in loss of data if you had an application
open when the computer locked. Also in XP Home you can often logon to the
built in administrator account by booting into Safe Mode and the password is
probably blank. If you are able to logon to your computer with that account
then you can give your user account a password you know or check display
properties/screen saver in Control Panel to disable your computer from being
locked after a period of idle time if that is what is happening. --- Steve


"Smoove01" <Smoove01@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:95998261-DEEE-4E05-8801-24F5D5ACA57E@microsoft.com...
> My computer is locked out and I can't get in. A Microsoft Windows XP Home
> Edition window displays telling me to Unlock the computer. When I try to
> enter in any character in the Username field or password the window does
> not
> respond. After pressing the a couple of characters the screen displays a
> warning message "This computer is locked only Thompson/AL or an
> administrator can unlock this computer" I was logged in as a System
> administrator. I cannot do anything to my computer. Please help

Smoove01 wrote:
> My computer is locked out and I can't get in. A Microsoft Windows XP Home
> Edition window displays telling me to Unlock the computer. When I try to
> enter in any character in the Username field or password the window does not
> respond.


Power it down, wait a few seconds, and then turn it back on.




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when I press the power button on the tower the computer starts Hibernating
mode, is there another button I can press, because control-alt-delete does
not work. Is there another button I can push to power down with out
hiberating

"Bruce Chambers" wrote:

> Smoove01 wrote:
> > My computer is locked out and I can't get in. A Microsoft Windows XP Home
> > Edition window displays telling me to Unlock the computer. When I try to
> > enter in any character in the Username field or password the window does not
> > respond.
>
>
> Power it down, wait a few seconds, and then turn it back on.
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Bruce Chambers
>
> Help us help you:
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having
> both at once. - RAH
>

Usually if you hold the power button in for more than about five seconds it
will power down. Pulling the plug out from the wall always works for me if I
get desperate. --- Steve


"Smoove01" <Smoove01@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E0B88153-EB66-4DCE-BF68-078F1C7150FC@microsoft.com...
> when I press the power button on the tower the computer starts Hibernating
> mode, is there another button I can press, because control-alt-delete does
> not work. Is there another button I can push to power down with out
> hiberating
>
> "Bruce Chambers" wrote:
>
>> Smoove01 wrote:
>> > My computer is locked out and I can't get in. A Microsoft Windows XP
>> > Home
>> > Edition window displays telling me to Unlock the computer. When I try
>> > to
>> > enter in any character in the Username field or password the window
>> > does not
>> > respond.
>>
>>
>> Power it down, wait a few seconds, and then turn it back on.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Bruce Chambers
>>
>> Help us help you:
>> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>
>> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having
>> both at once. - RAH
>>