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I’m having a recurring problem with XP. On resuming from sleep or hibernate on my NC10, occasionally it tells me that the password is incorrect. Re-entering it s-l-o-w-l-y gets the same result, incorrect password. There’s no way the password is incorrect and it’s definitely not capslock/numlock related either. The only way to resolve it is to reboot.
I’ve had this problem on numerous pc’s in the past and I’ve never satisfactorily resolved the issue, despite endless googling. I can find plenty of threads of people having the same problem but never the solution.
It’s a pain in the arse as the whole point of my NC10 is to stuff in my bag and take it anywhere, but I don’t particularly want to leave it unprotected password wise.
So you are referring to the standard XP Home install, and all you’ve done is setup a password for your login account? It’s a bit odd to be honest. I can’t say I’ve ever had this issue. Windows gives you a big caps lock warning so its hard to fall for that one, and you mention you’ve checked numlock which sometimes throws NC10 owners.
Anything unusual in your password? Installed anything that might have an effect? It would surely be strange for it just to effect you if it’s just a windows bug.
Sorry, no ideas spring to mind. Perhaps someone else round here has come across the problem? 🙂
No, Jez, I’ve been scratching my head about this one. I’ve never known anyone have an intermittent password problem 😕
I’d be inclined to change the password to something else and see if the problem resolves.
Oddly I’ve noticed something similar, though instead of with the Windows login screen (which I don’t use) I have a similar problem with the GDM (login screen) for Fedora (Linux).
When this happens next can you press the up and down arrows, does this cause the brightness to change or does “7” cause the cursor to skip to the beginning of the password if you have entered some characters?
It seems that on mine something gets set wrong (ACPI? BIOS?), so the keyboard thinks the Fn button is held down. This causes it to act like the numlock is on without showing any indication (num-lock light is off).
EDIT: Actually this isn’t quite correct, as the keys act as numpad keys as they would on a full keyboard when the numlock is off.
You may be experiencing a different problem though if you’ve had the same issue with other computers.
Yeah, it’s really peculiar. I know this problem isn’t specific to the NC10, I had the same problem with my brother’s Aspire One and again with the (terrible) Advent 4213 that I thankfully got a full refund for. It even happened once or twice on my old Macbook in boot camp.
Maybe it’s the way I always set up user accounts? I usually just have one user, me, with admin rights, password protected, welcome screen and fast switching enabled, the latter purely so I can password protect without closing apps. Suggestions?
You have your user accounts set up the same as me. One administrator account that is password protected.
PS. You can quickly password protect by pressing Windows Key + L 🙂
I’m facing a similar problem. When my NC10 wakes up from sleep mode the first key i hit wont get recognised.
I just got used to it. Maybe its the same issue you are facing?
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I’m facing a similar problem. When my NC10 wakes up from sleep mode the first key i hit wont get recognised.I just got used to it. Maybe its the same issue you are facing?
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Same here. When I come out of standby if you type the password too quickly the first character often gets missed off. I usually hit the first key, wait for it to be shown, then finish the rest of the password and it works fine every time.Check what keyboard layouts you have installed. Then try to change your pw to something very easy like 1234, I’ve had this problem but so long ago that I don’t remember what the problem was but it was something about the keyboard settings.
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I’m having a recurring problem with XP. On resuming from sleep or hibernate on my NC10, occasionally it tells me that the password is incorrect. Re-entering it s-l-o-w-l-y gets the same result, incorrect password. There’s no way the password is incorrect and it’s definitely not capslock/numlock related either. The only way to resolve it is to reboot.I’ve had this problem on numerous pc’s in the past and I’ve never satisfactorily resolved the issue, despite endless googling. I can find plenty of threads of people having the same problem but never the solution.
It’s a pain in the arse as the whole point of my NC10 is to stuff in my bag and take it anywhere, but I don’t particularly want to leave it unprotected password wise.
[/quote1234778948]I’ve been having the same problem. Even typed in the password slowly and checked the screen after each character to make sure it was inputed correctly. Most of the time it didn’t log in so I had to restart. Any particular solutions for this problem? The xp installation is the one that came with factory settings if it matters. Perhaps I’ll try formatting and reinstalling xp.
FYI: numb lock is activated with: fn & F11, when its activated, its the first light on the left (a lock with 1 in it).
@ Bluesky that is a bit over the top (format C:), wait a while to see if anyone comes up with a solution.
Do you use the same password on each PC? If so then the commonality is the password – does it contain strange characters / utilise the caps function ? ? ?
I would try changing to something simple for a week or so – see how that goes?
Folks, I suspect that this might be something to do with the most recent windows malicious software removal tool update. I installed it on my home pc about a week ago and now constantly experience the symptoms as outlined above. Typing my password in for a second time – without changing anything at all – allows me access. Bizarre!
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