Cannot retrieve passwords
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BrigitteDoris last edited by
@leocg My PC doesn't have a login. I hit the power button and 30 seconds later it's ready to roll.
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blackbird71 last edited by@brigittedoris What operating system (and version) is your computer using?
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@brigittedoris It doesn't ask you for a login, what doesn't mean that it doesn't have a username and password.
When you install Windows, you are asked to use your Microsoft account or to use a local user account. -
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@brigittedoris What kind of account is being used, a local one or a Microsoft one?
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@brigittedoris And there's no way to recover the password?
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BrigitteDoris last edited by
@leocg I don't know if there is a way to recover the pw, hence my original post. How do I enable the login page?
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blackbird71 last edited by
@brigittedoris Windows 11 can be installed as a local account, but that installation process will still ask for a username and password to be supplied. The user is allowed to leave the password field blank and it will be accepted by Windows (as requiring no user password for login). However, leaving it blank is not recommended since it can lead to odd "issues," since Windows uses the username and password to hash/encrypt certain 'personal/user' files that exist under the user account name.
How an application program later communicates Windows' username and password to Windows can cause issues when the actual password is simply a blank... in that case, Windows may read the application's 'blank' password response mechanism (if any) as being an incorrect or unsupplied password and reject access.
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