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jewellerjim | 21:34 Mon 19th Sep 2011 | How it Works
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I have logged onto my laptop with the same password for weeks. Tonight I came to log on and it won't recognise my password to allow me access to my homepage. I can access the guest page as it is not password protected. Any suggestions. Sure no one has changed it.
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I presume you have checked that you do not have Caps Lock or Num Lock on.
21:36 Mon 19th Sep 2011
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Are you sure you didn't have caplocks on when you typed your password?
21:36 Mon 19th Sep 2011
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caps lock off - can't seem to see Nums lock button
21:37 Mon 19th Sep 2011
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Caps lock not in the usual setting?
21:38 Mon 19th Sep 2011
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They do say "great minds think alike". (Or is it "fools seldom differ"?
I think we've both probably been in this situation, scotman.
21:38 Mon 19th Sep 2011
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has your password expired?
21:38 Mon 19th Sep 2011
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could have done, changed it about 2 months ago - how would you know if it has
- there are no new lights lit on the control and tried caps lock on and caps lock off. So frustrating.
21:41 Mon 19th Sep 2011
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Sometimes our mind plays tricks on us with passwords, especially if we have different ones for different things. I tried 3 times today and then realised I had been trying my previous password.
Go and make a cup of cocoa, read a book for a few minutes to take yur mind off it and then try again- the password may suddenly come back to you as you type
21:42 Mon 19th Sep 2011
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done all of that regrettably!!! I will have to take it to the doctor tomorrow if I can't get it sorted.
21:44 Mon 19th Sep 2011
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Is there any chance you've picked up the wrong machine at some point in the day?
21:44 Mon 19th Sep 2011
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no laptop been at home all day with the dogs - can't see them logging on!!!!
21:47 Mon 19th Sep 2011
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Sorry, I'm barking up the wrong tree then. :)
21:51 Mon 19th Sep 2011
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Pity there aren't any Techies around tonight ............ is this any good, Jimbo?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321305
21:56 Mon 19th Sep 2011
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It's also a pity that you did not put it in the correct category !

try this one............where the "tecs" are

http://www.theanswerb...Technology/Computers/
00:55 Tue 20th Sep 2011

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