Trevor Dennis
New member
Hi guys. I have recently done a clean reinstall of Win7 Pro. The PW I used to log on has a # in it, and I am able to log on without problems. But User Accounts will not accept the PW after I logged on and Windows is fully open. I guessing this is a keyboard mapping issue.
I'm in New Zealand where we have American keyboards, but just to make life difficult, I did the installation using a generic MS 500 keyboard, and switched to a Logitech G110 after installing Windows. (The Logitech has limited functionality until drivers are loaded)
I have tried swapping to the MS keyboard, and have looked for various configurations to see if I can use a different key in place of the # What I haven't tried is logging on in Safe Mode t see if that bypasses the problem.
So what I'd like to do is clear the PW so I don't need to use it when starting Windows, and can netwrork without running into PW problems.
TIA
I'm in New Zealand where we have American keyboards, but just to make life difficult, I did the installation using a generic MS 500 keyboard, and switched to a Logitech G110 after installing Windows. (The Logitech has limited functionality until drivers are loaded)
I have tried swapping to the MS keyboard, and have looked for various configurations to see if I can use a different key in place of the # What I haven't tried is logging on in Safe Mode t see if that bypasses the problem.
So what I'd like to do is clear the PW so I don't need to use it when starting Windows, and can netwrork without running into PW problems.
TIA
My Computer
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Gigabyte
- OS
- Windows 7 Pro 64bit
- CPU
- 3930K
- Motherboard
- X79-UD5
- Memory
- 32Gb DDR3 1600
- Graphics Card(s)
- GeForce GTX 570
- Sound Card
- none
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dell 2709W, LG 24EB23 (in portrait mode)
- Screen Resolution
- both 1920 x 1200
- Hard Drives
- 2 x Samsung 256Gb Pro in raid0 (OS)
2 x 6th Gen 1Tb VelociRaptor raid0 (Projects)
2 x 1Tb WD Black raid0 (My Docs, Exports)
300Gb VelociRaptor (Photoshop scratch)
18Tb in total over 14 drives including 5 USB3 externals
- PSU
- ADATA 750W
- Case
- Coolermaster Storm Trooper (full tower)
- Cooling
- Intel RTS2011LC (water)
- Keyboard
- Logitech G110
- Mouse
- Logitech Performance MX and Razer Mamba (both connected)
- Internet Speed
- Shite :-(
- Antivirus
- f-secure
- Browser
- IE11
- Other Info
- full Creative Cloud subscription
I selected half a dozen English language keyboard options, and tried them one at a time from the language bar. Now don't ask me why, but English United Kingdom was the one that worked, but I am in New Zealand, and both my keyboards have $ and no £ characters (I did the £ with Alt 0163)