ATTN: Vista users:: sp1 bug

meno_rocks123 · 06-18-2008, 09:15 PM

I just got a vista laptop (onoz) and I set the password for the user account.
After I installed service pack 1, the password no longer worked and now I'm stuck at the stupid login screen.

To answer a few potential questions:
-I did not make a recovery disk yet, I ha=was going to do that right after installing sp1.
-The only things installed are FF and office
-There is no way I could have typed the password wrong (and the same wrong) four times already (2 to create the password, two for two logins so far)

**dean_machine** · 06-18-2008, 09:17 PM

Wow, that sucks. Good thing a password wasn't set on my vista computer when I got sp1.

who_cares973 · 06-18-2008, 09:17 PM

dang that sucks

good thing my laptop came pre-installed with sp1 =/

meno_rocks123 · 06-18-2008, 09:20 PM

my laptop came with vista installed, nothing else. The first thing I did was make a user account.
Even better though, the support website doesn't work.

**LoneW0lf** · 06-18-2008, 09:22 PM

Call up the service help line stuff or call in a technician or something/...

I dunno thats suck man D:

Commandersa1 · 06-18-2008, 09:26 PM

Isn't there something you can do in safe mode or some set-up menu when your computer boots up?

**dean_machine** · 06-18-2008, 09:33 PM

Try this if you're able.

meno_rocks123 · 06-18-2008, 09:48 PM

hmmm..
What would happen If I installed sp1 on top of sp1 somehow?

**dean_machine** · 06-18-2008, 09:50 PM

Do you have a guest account that you can log in as?

meno_rocks123 · 06-18-2008, 09:56 PM

one user, one password.
I don't really see how installing sp1 over sp1 would do anything to it. It would be like trying to patch a game with version 1.20 to version 1.20.

**dean_machine** · 06-18-2008, 10:00 PM

Well, I don't see how that would be possible for you to install it again.

It seems like the link I posted above is your only option.

meno_rocks123 · 06-18-2008, 10:02 PM

I guess I can restore it to factory settings and get staples to reinstall vista tomorrow.
Everything worked fine until I installed sp1 so that must have been the problem.

MalReynolds · 06-19-2008, 01:06 PM

Caps lock/scroll lock/num lock/you entered the password differently than you thought you did - that one has happened to me before.

Or you can just try to log in leaving the password field blank.

06-18-2008, 09:15 PM	#1
meno_rocks123 FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: in a box on the corner of main and broadway Age: 31 Posts: 2,324	ATTN: Vista users:: sp1 bug I just got a vista laptop (onoz) and I set the password for the user account. After I installed service pack 1, the password no longer worked and now I'm stuck at the stupid login screen. To answer a few potential questions: -I did not make a recovery disk yet, I ha=was going to do that right after installing sp1. -The only things installed are FF and office -There is no way I could have typed the password wrong (and the same wrong) four times already (2 to create the password, two for two logins so far)

06-18-2008, 09:17 PM	#2
dean_machine FFR Veteran Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: inside the box Posts: 1,267	Re: ATTN: Vista users:: sp1 bug Wow, that sucks. Good thing a password wasn't set on my vista computer when I got sp1. __________________

06-18-2008, 09:17 PM	#3
who_cares973 FFR Player Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: :U Age: 35 Posts: 15,407	Re: ATTN: Vista users:: sp1 bug dang that sucks good thing my laptop came pre-installed with sp1 =/ __________________

06-18-2008, 09:20 PM	#4
meno_rocks123 FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: in a box on the corner of main and broadway Age: 31 Posts: 2,324	Re: ATTN: Vista users:: sp1 bug my laptop came with vista installed, nothing else. The first thing I did was make a user account. Even better though, the support website doesn't work.

06-18-2008, 09:22 PM	#5
LoneW0lf ʕ·͡ᴥ·ʔ Bears ʕ·͡ᴥ·ʔ Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,800	Re: ATTN: Vista users:: sp1 bug Call up the service help line stuff or call in a technician or something/... I dunno thats suck man D: __________________ I hate my name.

06-18-2008, 09:26 PM	#6
Commandersa1 FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 34 Posts: 2,344	Re: ATTN: Vista users:: sp1 bug Isn't there something you can do in safe mode or some set-up menu when your computer boots up? __________________

06-18-2008, 09:33 PM	#7
dean_machine FFR Veteran Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: inside the box Posts: 1,267	Re: ATTN: Vista users:: sp1 bug Try this if you're able. __________________

06-18-2008, 09:48 PM	#8
meno_rocks123 FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: in a box on the corner of main and broadway Age: 31 Posts: 2,324	Re: ATTN: Vista users:: sp1 bug hmmm.. What would happen If I installed sp1 on top of sp1 somehow?

06-18-2008, 09:50 PM	#9
dean_machine FFR Veteran Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: inside the box Posts: 1,267	Re: ATTN: Vista users:: sp1 bug Do you have a guest account that you can log in as? __________________

06-18-2008, 09:56 PM	#10
meno_rocks123 FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: in a box on the corner of main and broadway Age: 31 Posts: 2,324	Re: ATTN: Vista users:: sp1 bug one user, one password. I don't really see how installing sp1 over sp1 would do anything to it. It would be like trying to patch a game with version 1.20 to version 1.20.

06-18-2008, 10:00 PM	#11
dean_machine FFR Veteran Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: inside the box Posts: 1,267	Re: ATTN: Vista users:: sp1 bug Well, I don't see how that would be possible for you to install it again. It seems like the link I posted above is your only option. __________________

06-18-2008, 10:02 PM	#12
meno_rocks123 FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: in a box on the corner of main and broadway Age: 31 Posts: 2,324	Re: ATTN: Vista users:: sp1 bug I guess I can restore it to factory settings and get staples to reinstall vista tomorrow. Everything worked fine until I installed sp1 so that must have been the problem.

06-19-2008, 01:06 PM	#13
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