Solved locked out of my User Account with CORRECT password

[tidybear12]

[FONT=.SF UI Text][FONT=.SFUIText]A few days ago on my HP laptop Pavilion I was locked out of my user account. Yes, CAPS were off. Yes, I restarted the laptop. It didn't matter. And no, nobody has access to my machine.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=.SF UI Text][FONT=.SFUIText]I was able to sidestep the issue a couple of times by logging into my Admin account and then switching over to my regular account which required that password but somehow it now worked.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=.SF UI Text][FONT=.SFUIText]You can probably guess what happened next: This little maneuver stopped working. Yesterday, even going through Admin, the password was rejected there too.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=.SF UI Text][FONT=.SFUIText]I reset my user account password in Admin but guess what? It again said the password was incorrect. I retyped, I copied and pasted, to no avail. And I know it had accepted the new password because the hint now reflected the new one. But still, no dice.[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=.SF UI Text][FONT=.SFUIText]I've since created a new standard account that I'm able to use in the meantime but the fact is, I need to figure out what prompted all of this. [/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=.SF UI Text][FONT=.SFUIText]Does anybody have any idea?[/FONT][/FONT]

 

[samuria]

Give the hda scan for erros it may be the profile is corrupt

 

[tidybear12]

Thanks Samuria. I don't know what hda scan is though I googled it. But you gave me the idea that the profile might be corrupted. I'll look into that.


I was thinking of synching files and folders between users. I normally would never do that, but now I;m desperate...


If I sync, is this going to be READ only or can I acquire the files from the old account? Or will the old account even be accessible?

 

[samuria]

Hard drive scan I meant phone auto correct LOL

 

[tidybear12]

I see. Lol.