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| | Password Incorrect? I'm doing a normal Vista installation on a brand new laptop just out of the box. I have typed in my selected password and re-typed it again in the confirmation box. It then did the whole long installation process. Then it comes to the XP style "Users" page. I type in the password and it says it is incorrect. Surely if I typed it wrong the confirmation box would inform me that they didn't match? I highly doubt I typed it wrong twice. I would love any solutions as i'm literally stuck. |
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| | RE: Password Incorrect? Hi Jamie, The password is case-sensitive. Check whether you have accidentally got the'Caps Lock' on. Another thing to check is the language and keyboard settings. For example, 'Shift' + 2 on a US keyboard produces '@', whereas on a UK one it produces '"' (double quotes). A useful tip is to just simply use the word 'password' for all your accounts when first setting up your system (append numbers to the end to differentiate between accounts). When you have set all accounts to use the same language and keyboard settings, you can then change the passwords on your accounts to something which is more secure. On NO ACCOUNT should you leave passwords as simply 'password'. Dwarf "JamieM" wrote: Quote: > I'm doing a normal Vista installation on a brand new laptop just out of the > box. > > I have typed in my selected password and re-typed it again in the > confirmation box. It then did the whole long installation process. > > Then it comes to the XP style "Users" page. I type in the password and it > says it is incorrect. > > Surely if I typed it wrong the confirmation box would inform me that they > didn't match? I highly doubt I typed it wrong twice. > > I would love any solutions as i'm literally stuck. |
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