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by dglenn2

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I have a users computer running XP Pro. I'm in the process of setting the user up on a new computer. She has changes her password since I have started the setup on the XP System. I have gone in the systems and reset her password to the new one. But the XP System will not recognize the new password. It only accepts the password she was using during the beginning of setup. So now, files on the server, and mapped drives I could originally get to, I can no longer get to, it is giving me an error that says verify location, or location not valid. I have changed my password since the initial setup and my new password will not work on the computer either, only my old one when I started the setup. Does anyone have an solutions to this problem.

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by fred123456

I'm a little confused about your statment then, where you say;
"I have gone in the systems and reset her password to the new one. But the XP System will not recognize the new password"

If your on a MS Active Directory domain, why would you be setting passwords locally?

by the scummy one

If you are logging into a domain account, it should be updated when connected to the domain.
If you created local accounts on the computer, which have the same name as the domain, it will not work properly.

On a newer domain (if exchange is used) you may be able to login with the email address and 'new' password as well.
If it will not log in properly still, using the domain account, try checking that it is actually connecting to the domain properly. It may be a bad tcpip stack, or nic!

by dglenn2

I changed it in AD first and it didn't accept, then I logged in as admin on local computer and under user profile changed it their too, and still it only accept the original password.

by naughtymonkey

to the domain. It sounds like it is possible that the computer is not connecting to the network, so when you change the password in AD, it doesn't affect the computer. Local passwords will not help you unless it is a local account and not on the domain.

by dglenn2

It wasn't connecting to the network one of the TCP/IP services was uninstalled after I reinstalled it, it's working fine now.....THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP EVERYONE

by dglenn2

I can log-in fine with the old password. It's just the new one is not accepted. Maybe it's the TCP/IP stack or it's not connected good. I'll try a few other tricks and keep you posted. I hope it's not the nic, just got this thing in a month ago.

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