Password - User Name

j >I have remote access to a computer outside of my office. However, I can
j >log into it because it is asking me for the username and password for t
j >remote computer (which is my father's). He does not know what username
j >password was given to his computer when it was set up. When he goes ont
j >computer, he is never asked for a username or password......it goes dir
j >to the desktop. I use XP, not Vista, so I don't know where to tell him
j >to find the username and password. HELP !

Control Panel -> User Accounts -> Double click on the username you want to
change the password to. In order to use remote desktop on the XP computer, you
need to have a password assigned to at least one account that you want to use on
that computer.

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Robert Wolfe wrote:

> j >I have remote access to a computer outside of my office. However, I can
> j >log into it because it is asking me for the username and password for t
> j >remote computer (which is my father's). He does not know what username
> j >password was given to his computer when it was set up. When he goes ont
> j >computer, he is never asked for a username or password......it goes dir
> j >to the desktop. I use XP, not Vista, so I don't know where to tell him
> j >to find the username and password. HELP !
>
> Control Panel -> User Accounts -> Double click on the username you want to
> change the password to. In order to use remote desktop on the XP
> computer, you need to have a password assigned to at least one account
> that you want to use on that computer.

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