Hey people, I got this problem here: Whenever I boot up my computer, it stalls at the screen that says Welcome, it has this purple background and stuff. The only way I could forego it is by pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL, at which point it continues on to the desktop and I could use it normally. It started doing this last night. I also noticed that before this I was getting a prompt that my password would expire in 13 days and whether or not I would like to change my password. I can't really remember setting up a password when I was installing XP at all. Maybe it was the password for the user account, but I only have one account on the computer and I never have to enter a password to start using the computer. Does anyone know what password they are referring to and if so, how could I disable it? So my two questions (just to summarize) are how do I eliminate the computer stopping at the welcome screen on boot up AND what password are they referring to? Thank you, WORRD

I have the same problem. A friend and I are gonna continue to try to find a solution but if someone would know help would be great. ;)

Windows Prompts You to Change Your Password Although No Password Was Configured(XP PRO) http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810877&Product=winxp -------------------- At the bottom of the above article, click 322962 for another article that tells you how to set XP PRO for "Password never expires".

Hi, The password for user accounts can be changed by booting the system to safe mode and logging in as administrator.For this follow the following steps: -When the system starts start tapping F8.Choose the option Safe Mode. -Logon as Administrator. -In Control Panel choose User Accounts. After Changing the password,do MSCONFIG: -Click Start -Click Run -Type MSCONFIG -Go to Startup -Click on Disable All,click Close,Click Restart. That should fix your issue.