Hello all. This has happend twice now. I run xp pro with one user account. Used to get the "your password will change in 14 days" message. I would just cancel. I never set one. Have not seen it come up lately. Now the problem. Extreamly long boot up time after blue welcome screen comes up .....I mean minutes, like hard drive went to sleep. I also get one beep from mobo, and never loose mouse. After msconfig change to nothing on start up, uninstalling some new stuff, and restore....no good. I run scan disk, no errors, but on completion and on boot up(had to run it from restart}the password dialog comes up. I choose ok and just set no password again, ....and wala. Ater welcome screen, boot up completes in seconds, not minutes, and no beeps. Seems to be confused, lost, looking for the password. Any one see this, or any patch? I'm running with the SP1 with the latest ya da ya da.Thanks

Gregg,I don't have the answer for you, but I wanted to share another forum that likely will:http://www.windowsbbs.com/Just go to the XP forum and you get your answer I have no doubt. Those people have helped me many times.Phil

Thanks Phil....