can't enter password

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

To repair all system files, go to Start/Run, and type: SFC /SCANNOW

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Mark L. Ferguson
FAQ for Windows Antispy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
"Zuckel" <www@zuckel.de> wrote in message news:1121892946.783299.209530@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> when i log off from one account and try to login to another, no cursor
> will appear in the password field and i won't be able to enter
> anything.
> there are no problems with the initial login after bootup and it also
> seems to work if another user is still logged in.
>
> any suggestions?
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?)

My guess would be some corruption in the password store. I would try a new user account, to see if it happens there, and if not,
just import the old profile to it.

How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811151



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Mark L. Ferguson
FAQ for Windows Antispy http://www.geocities.com/marfer_mvp/FAQ_MSantispy.htm
"Zuckel" <www@zuckel.de> wrote in message news:1123165724.506543.39090@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> It took me some time to figure this out, since the problem occurs only
> seldom, but now I can say that an SFC scan doesn't help. Any other
> suggestions?
>