guestolo, I did not see the post from two weeks ago...I appreciate the help. I did check the caplocks, No change in signning on. I am the only user ever setup for the computer. I do have grandkids who have used it, and several other adult and teen family members, who have used it here at the house when visiting. I do not think there was any password for the Administrator, I honestly never ever saw an Admin sign on screen all the time I have used it. It has always said Welcome, Clicked my name , and it was off to running. I never even typed a password, I guess it was setup by my buddy that way. I tried your suggestion, overtyping my name in the box that appeared ofter the Ctrl/Alt/Dlt at sign on with Administrator. I just tabbed to Password:, left it blank, and hit enter. It did exactly the same, going to logoff, then back to the Welcome screen with my name showing. I did not setup, the computer I am having the problem with. My good friend now lives on the East coast, and the Windows Xp Pro disc's were taken by my son . He was working on his computer or something and he has not located them to date. I understand about pulling the harddrive, and slaving it to a system with an XP, or 2000 Win OS. The system I am using is mine, but an older Win 98se. I am to the point of just paying to have the Photo Files rescued by someone, and letting them reset, reload, and do an upgade to the computer ( within reason) . I thought by posting here, I might find something to get past the problem. I have studied the many fixes that appear on the Net, but I am not computer smart enough to run or manipulate the files as needed. I had a couple of people tell me it would be $320 to open, swap HD's, and get Win XP back on line. ( No upgrades) I have a ADM CHIP 1.8 mgz, 512 ram,dvd,and dvdrw drives,etc., not the state of art, but faster. Since my son has no clue where my XP disc are, It may be more economical to look at a new system. I just want the photos at this point, I have some fishing trip photos too, that showed, I was once good at something. You had helped me on this 98Win system, when the other computer quit on me months ago. Your kindness and patience with me went beyond words...I still owe you, my friend. Thank you, John
