re: The password that will not go away Friday, June 11, 2004 at 4:34 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Rachele (1 messages posted) I had the same problem, but finally found a fix. My real password was 8 characters long and the incorrect one that wouldn't go away was 16 characters. I typed in my 8 character password plus 8 SPACES. My ISP accepted the slightly altered real password and XP happily saved it. No more problems. On Tuesday, March 16, 2004 at 6:41 am, Barry Maurer wrote: >John - I have this problem and after much research for an answer I've been told by >a "Techy" that it's a built in security item. The system automatically adds a number >of ***or IIII into the dialogue box to foil code crackers, should someone have unauthorised >access to the computer, well it sounds possible I guess! > > > Written in response to: re: The password that will not go away (Barry Maurer: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 at 6:41 am) Responses to this message: re: The password that will not go away (Enna: Monday, June 28, 2004 at 5:15 pm) re: The password that will not go away - SOLVED (Enna: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 at 8:53 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] The password that will not go away (Michelle Kountz: Thu, Aug 29, 2002, 4:56 pm) re: The password that will not go away (Pierre R: Fri, Aug 30, 2002, 8:54 am) re: The password that will not go away (WOLF21: Fri, Aug 30, 2002, 10:39 am) re: The password that will not go away (Pierre R: Fri, Aug 30, 2002, 10:45 am) re: The password that will not go away (jimpok: Thu, Oct 3, 2002, 7:14 pm) re: The password that will not go away (kt: Mon, Nov 24, 2003, 2:20 pm) re: The password that will not go away (Macca: Sat, Oct 26, 2002, 2:07 am) re: The password that will not go away (SCarter: Thu, Feb 13, 2003, 8:42 am) re: The password that will not go away (james hunting: Sun, Mar 2, 2003, 4:53 pm) re: The password that will not go away (Steven Hillis: Sat, Nov 8, 2003, 12:50 pm) re: The password that will not go away (Tim: Thu, Dec 11, 2003, 5:30 pm) re: The password that will not go away (Mark: Sun, Jan 18, 2004, 5:02 pm) re: The password that will not go away (Steve: Tue, Feb 10, 2004, 6:18 pm) re: The password that will not go away (John Lechner: Tue, Mar 2, 2004, 12:46 pm) re: The password that will not go away (Barry Maurer: Tue, Mar 16, 2004, 6:41 am) re: The password that will not go away (HERB HAMIC: Mon, Jun 7, 2004, 6:17 pm) re: The password that will not go away (Rachele: Fri, Jun 11, 2004, 4:34 am) re: The password that will not go away (Enna: Mon, Jun 28, 2004, 5:15 pm) re: The password that will not go away - SOLVED (Enna: Wed, Jun 30, 2004, 8:53 pm) I can't get startup before it asks for password (Patti Anderson: Sat, Feb 23, 2008, 9:18 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum