I bought a new laptop and had what I think is the same message come up and couldn't get it to take any password. A technician finally told me to leave the password blank and enter and that worked to get into the system. In order to get rid of the request for password, I landed up restoring the computer. Diane Harley Wagner <[log in to unmask]> wrote: I`ve checked this already and that is not the problem. This appeared on both computers using the same widows xp home. Thanks, Harley. -------Original Message------- From: [log in to unmask] Date: 07/10/06 09:48:39 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Strange message keeps popping up I often get a pop up screen asking for my master security password which I don`t know. I am running windows xp home. When this happens I cannot go any farther and I have to either reboot or shut down and restart my computer to get it to work again. Thanks for any help. Harley. ---------------------------------------------- Hi There Harley.... is this that you can't get any farther than the sign on screen trying to get to your desk top and when you go visit sites... I know I have my password set for a few short minutes when I am idle for a few minutes cause I dont want anyone in here...But when I think those minutes are gonna take longer than I will be busy for.. I just wiggle my mouse so it doesn't turn on... I did have it on one of my browsers but deleted that cause I didnt want to keep putting it in there when I was looking for something. But it dosen't matter.. the master one will kick in regardless.... You can have your very own by going to Control Panel and selecting User Accounts but if it's shared with another puter, then you will need the administrator to get the password unless it's you using both administrator names like I have set up.... but if it's the same password on both computers, then you have no need to have different passwords... I know I dont... I have just the one for both sc names ...... Hope this helps.... Let me know if you can't get this fixed.. and I will try and explain it better. Harriet PCSOFT maintains many useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml PCSOFT maintains many useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs.Try it free. PCSOFT maintains many useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml