David, Yes, that's what I was doing, and it worked, but I wanted to bypass the password screen entirely. Now Windows won't let me log on at all. Jo Ann Jo Ann When you get the screen that asks for a password have you tried just not entering anything and clicking ok or whatever you would click to login? I don't have 2000, but that has worked for me when I was testing Windows 2003 Standard and I did something like you did. Dave ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 23:49:50 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time) From: "Jo Ann Weaver" <hillfarm3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Bad mistake, help! I have recently acquired another computer running Win2000 Pro. Wanting to get rid of the password login screen, I followed directions found on Google. Now, Windows won't let me start up. Apparently, I have mistakenly set it to use a password, but not entered any. What I did was uncheck users must use a password to log on. It asked me which users, and I checked my name. Is there anything to do, short of formatting and reloading Windows? Jo Ann To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk