time to consider open source alternatives i think, give ubuntu a try. it has orca. a pretty good speech engine so fairly accessible and it will not cost you a penny. only thing that might get in the way is a technology called secureboot that Microsoft and their cohorts have developed. in tandem with an additional technology called ueffi. On 01/04/2014 11:55, Broxi72 wrote: > > Hi guys, I have purchased new Toshiba laptop system. > > Whilst starting the system for the first time. We were asked to set up > a Microsoft Account. As I already had such an account, I choose to use > this account. > > When I logged in yesterday. I was asked for a password. I typed in the > password I am using on my other Microsoft accounts. The pass I typed > would not work. > > I am now unable to access the new laptop. > > I cannot get past this annoying Microsoft account screen. > > Can anyone suggest a way round this problem please?, Billy >