Windows 7 user login fails even with correct password
Booted up my Windows 7 partition today and attempted to login per usual. Denied access due to incorrect password failure, despite having entered the password I have been using for the past three months. Made sure caps lock was off, made sure to type slowly, etc. Nothing.
Rebooted into safe-mode and made another attempt. Made sure to type very slowly again as a sanity check - still no access. Typed it in several more times, a longer hang while the "Welcome" proxy was attempting to login, and yet again denied access. Then, inexplicably, re-entered the exact same password for the nth time and voila! I am now able to login.
Has anyone experienced this?
windows-7 passwords login user-accounts
asked Mar 14 '12 at 5:35
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Booted up my Windows 7 partition today and attempted to login per usual. Denied access due to incorrect password failure, despite having entered the password I have been using for the past three months. Made sure caps lock was off, made sure to type slowly, etc. Nothing.
Rebooted into safe-mode and made another attempt. Made sure to type very slowly again as a sanity check - still no access. Typed it in several more times, a longer hang while the "Welcome" proxy was attempting to login, and yet again denied access. Then, inexplicably, re-entered the exact same password for the nth time and voila! I am now able to login.
Has anyone experienced this?
windows-7 passwords login user-accounts
asked Mar 14 '12 at 5:35
dtgdtg
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Booted up my Windows 7 partition today and attempted to login per usual. Denied access due to incorrect password failure, despite having entered the password I have been using for the past three months. Made sure caps lock was off, made sure to type slowly, etc. Nothing.
Rebooted into safe-mode and made another attempt. Made sure to type very slowly again as a sanity check - still no access. Typed it in several more times, a longer hang while the "Welcome" proxy was attempting to login, and yet again denied access. Then, inexplicably, re-entered the exact same password for the nth time and voila! I am now able to login.
Has anyone experienced this?
windows-7 passwords login user-accounts
asked Mar 14 '12 at 5:35
dtgdtg
126114
Booted up my Windows 7 partition today and attempted to login per usual. Denied access due to incorrect password failure, despite having entered the password I have been using for the past three months. Made sure caps lock was off, made sure to type slowly, etc. Nothing.
Rebooted into safe-mode and made another attempt. Made sure to type very slowly again as a sanity check - still no access. Typed it in several more times, a longer hang while the "Welcome" proxy was attempting to login, and yet again denied access. Then, inexplicably, re-entered the exact same password for the nth time and voila! I am now able to login.
Has anyone experienced this?
windows-7 passwords login user-accounts
windows-7 passwords login user-accounts
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Yes - my problem was that there was an incorrect keyboard layout on my logon screen, and another was the numlock key was on, turning some of my letters into numbers.
answered Aug 12 '13 at 22:34
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After enabling the NumLock feature, you can't type normal anymore. For example, when you type in hey, how's it going, your computer would type 123456… etc..
Find NumLock and press it to reverse things and set it back to normal. On my Dell it's Fn+F4, on Compaq it's Fn+ScreenLock. It's different on every make and model. Based on your keyboard you can get original settings of your keyboard in following ways.
Fn+F11
Shift+NumLock
Fn+NumLock
Fn+F11+ScrollLock
Fn+F8 (on HP laptop)
Ctrl+F11
Fn+Shift+NumLock
Another workaround is boot your computer to PCUnlocker Live CD and it enables you to remove the password. After logging into Windows, try to type some characters with notepad and you'll find some strange problems.
edited Aug 13 '14 at 18:01
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Try changing your language. It just took me 20 minutes to discover that my password was not working because I had another language on. I was about to reinstall Windows but then I realised this.
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Yes - my problem was that there was an incorrect keyboard layout on my logon screen, and another was the numlock key was on, turning some of my letters into numbers.
answered Aug 12 '13 at 22:34
JohnnyVegasJohnnyVegas
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Yes - my problem was that there was an incorrect keyboard layout on my logon screen, and another was the numlock key was on, turning some of my letters into numbers.
answered Aug 12 '13 at 22:34
JohnnyVegasJohnnyVegas
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Yes - my problem was that there was an incorrect keyboard layout on my logon screen, and another was the numlock key was on, turning some of my letters into numbers.
answered Aug 12 '13 at 22:34
JohnnyVegasJohnnyVegas
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Yes - my problem was that there was an incorrect keyboard layout on my logon screen, and another was the numlock key was on, turning some of my letters into numbers.
answered Aug 12 '13 at 22:34
JohnnyVegasJohnnyVegas
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answered Aug 12 '13 at 22:34
JohnnyVegasJohnnyVegas
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answered Aug 12 '13 at 22:34
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answered Aug 12 '13 at 22:34
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After enabling the NumLock feature, you can't type normal anymore. For example, when you type in hey, how's it going, your computer would type 123456… etc..
Find NumLock and press it to reverse things and set it back to normal. On my Dell it's Fn+F4, on Compaq it's Fn+ScreenLock. It's different on every make and model. Based on your keyboard you can get original settings of your keyboard in following ways.
Fn+F11
Shift+NumLock
Fn+NumLock
Fn+F11+ScrollLock
Fn+F8 (on HP laptop)
Ctrl+F11
Fn+Shift+NumLock
Another workaround is boot your computer to PCUnlocker Live CD and it enables you to remove the password. After logging into Windows, try to type some characters with notepad and you'll find some strange problems.
edited Aug 13 '14 at 18:01
Linger
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answered Apr 1 '14 at 1:59
BurgessBurgess
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add a comment |
After enabling the NumLock feature, you can't type normal anymore. For example, when you type in hey, how's it going, your computer would type 123456… etc..
Find NumLock and press it to reverse things and set it back to normal. On my Dell it's Fn+F4, on Compaq it's Fn+ScreenLock. It's different on every make and model. Based on your keyboard you can get original settings of your keyboard in following ways.
Fn+F11
Shift+NumLock
Fn+NumLock
Fn+F11+ScrollLock
Fn+F8 (on HP laptop)
Ctrl+F11
Fn+Shift+NumLock
Another workaround is boot your computer to PCUnlocker Live CD and it enables you to remove the password. After logging into Windows, try to type some characters with notepad and you'll find some strange problems.
edited Aug 13 '14 at 18:01
Linger
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answered Apr 1 '14 at 1:59
BurgessBurgess
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add a comment |
After enabling the NumLock feature, you can't type normal anymore. For example, when you type in hey, how's it going, your computer would type 123456… etc..
Find NumLock and press it to reverse things and set it back to normal. On my Dell it's Fn+F4, on Compaq it's Fn+ScreenLock. It's different on every make and model. Based on your keyboard you can get original settings of your keyboard in following ways.
Fn+F11
Shift+NumLock
Fn+NumLock
Fn+F11+ScrollLock
Fn+F8 (on HP laptop)
Ctrl+F11
Fn+Shift+NumLock
Another workaround is boot your computer to PCUnlocker Live CD and it enables you to remove the password. After logging into Windows, try to type some characters with notepad and you'll find some strange problems.
edited Aug 13 '14 at 18:01
Linger
2,764102740
answered Apr 1 '14 at 1:59
BurgessBurgess
111
After enabling the NumLock feature, you can't type normal anymore. For example, when you type in hey, how's it going, your computer would type 123456… etc..
Find NumLock and press it to reverse things and set it back to normal. On my Dell it's Fn+F4, on Compaq it's Fn+ScreenLock. It's different on every make and model. Based on your keyboard you can get original settings of your keyboard in following ways.
Fn+F11
Shift+NumLock
Fn+NumLock
Fn+F11+ScrollLock
Fn+F8 (on HP laptop)
Ctrl+F11
Fn+Shift+NumLock
Another workaround is boot your computer to PCUnlocker Live CD and it enables you to remove the password. After logging into Windows, try to type some characters with notepad and you'll find some strange problems.
edited Aug 13 '14 at 18:01
Linger
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answered Apr 1 '14 at 1:59
BurgessBurgess
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edited Aug 13 '14 at 18:01
Linger
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edited Aug 13 '14 at 18:01
Linger
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edited Aug 13 '14 at 18:01
Linger
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answered Apr 1 '14 at 1:59
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answered Apr 1 '14 at 1:59
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answered Apr 1 '14 at 1:59
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Try changing your language. It just took me 20 minutes to discover that my password was not working because I had another language on. I was about to reinstall Windows but then I realised this.
edited Dec 22 '18 at 17:49
Twisty Impersonator
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answered Dec 22 '18 at 17:33
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Try changing your language. It just took me 20 minutes to discover that my password was not working because I had another language on. I was about to reinstall Windows but then I realised this.
edited Dec 22 '18 at 17:49
Twisty Impersonator
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answered Dec 22 '18 at 17:33
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Try changing your language. It just took me 20 minutes to discover that my password was not working because I had another language on. I was about to reinstall Windows but then I realised this.
edited Dec 22 '18 at 17:49
Twisty Impersonator
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answered Dec 22 '18 at 17:33
DAVE ROZCKOVDAVE ROZCKOV
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Try changing your language. It just took me 20 minutes to discover that my password was not working because I had another language on. I was about to reinstall Windows but then I realised this.
edited Dec 22 '18 at 17:49
Twisty Impersonator
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answered Dec 22 '18 at 17:33
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edited Dec 22 '18 at 17:49
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edited Dec 22 '18 at 17:49
Twisty Impersonator
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edited Dec 22 '18 at 17:49
Twisty Impersonator
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answered Dec 22 '18 at 17:33
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answered Dec 22 '18 at 17:33
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answered Dec 22 '18 at 17:33
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