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From: JD on 24 Jul 2010 13:50 I boot the the logon screen, with Owner and Guest User. Every now and then, when logged off and awakening from Standby, I cannot get the flashing cursor in the Owner logon box. The only remedy is to reboot. I wonder why this happens and whether there is some keystroke combination I can use to allow me to enter my logon password.
From: Shenan Stanley on 24 Jul 2010 15:45 JD wrote: > I boot the the logon screen, with Owner and Guest User. Every now > and then, when logged off and awakening from Standby, I cannot get > the flashing cursor in the Owner logon box. The only remedy is to > reboot. I wonder why this happens and whether there is some > keystroke combination I can use to allow me to enter my logon > password. Not enough information. Could be anything from a bum driver, bad hardware, slow-to-wake up software, etc. Make sure you have the latest hardware device drivers for your computer - may even want to update the system BIOS to the latest version. (You would get all that from the computer manufacturer/hardware manufacturer(s) web site(s).) Uninstall any unused software. What OS do you have? Windows XP ______ Edition with Service Pack _, __-bit? What antivirus software do you use? (Manufacturer and version.) -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
From: aeroloose on 24 Jul 2010 16:14 On 7/24/2010 1:50 PM, JD wrote: > I boot the the logon screen, with Owner and Guest User. Every now and then, > when logged off and awakening from Standby, I cannot get the flashing cursor > in the Owner logon box. The only remedy is to reboot. I wonder why this > happens and whether there is some keystroke combination I can use to allow > me to enter my logon password. > > I had this issue on my XP box years ago, and noticed that it went away after I installed a small MS program called "User Profile Hive Cleanup Service." I used UPHCS to solve an unrelated issue, and later noticed that my hang-ups disappeared. Perhaps whatever issue that made shutdown problematic also contributed to the restart problem. No guarantee it'll work for you, but it's worth a try. Aero
From: Spamlet on 24 Jul 2010 17:07 "JD" <erehwon(a)example.com> wrote in message news:Oa8G7i1KLHA.5424(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >I boot the the logon screen, with Owner and Guest User. Every now and then, >when logged off and awakening from Standby, I cannot get the flashing >cursor in the Owner logon box. The only remedy is to reboot. I wonder why >this happens and whether there is some keystroke combination I can use to >allow me to enter my logon password. > You might find the cursor moves with the shift key and registers in the box with the space bar; if not you might try ctrl alt del twice (my account is hidden and that is how I sign in, but it only works once, so if the laptop is allowed to sleep I too have to restart to get back in: my solution is to turn off hibernation/sleep) S
From: JD on 24 Jul 2010 19:04
OS: Windows XP Home, Version 2002, Service Pack 3 A-V: Microsoft Security Essentials (updated daily) Everything else works flawlessly. "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:Oe3QXj2KLHA.1996(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > JD wrote: >> I boot the the logon screen, with Owner and Guest User. Every now >> and then, when logged off and awakening from Standby, I cannot get >> the flashing cursor in the Owner logon box. The only remedy is to >> reboot. I wonder why this happens and whether there is some >> keystroke combination I can use to allow me to enter my logon >> password. > > Not enough information. > > Could be anything from a bum driver, bad hardware, slow-to-wake up > software, etc. > > Make sure you have the latest hardware device drivers for your computer - > may even want to update the system BIOS to the latest version. (You would > get all that from the computer manufacturer/hardware manufacturer(s) web > site(s).) > > Uninstall any unused software. > > What OS do you have? Windows XP ______ Edition with Service Pack _, > __-bit? > > What antivirus software do you use? (Manufacturer and version.) > > -- > Shenan Stanley > MS-MVP > -- > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > |