Windows 10: Laptop asking for user password when accessing downloads

Discus and support Laptop asking for user password when accessing downloads in Windows Hello & Lockscreen to solve the problem; I have got a laptop from neighbour and cant access downloads. keeps saying I need old user password. wont let me download. ***Modified title from:... Discussion in 'Windows Hello & Lockscreen' started by johnsultan, Apr 8, 2020.

  1. Laptop asking for user password when accessing downloads


    I have got a laptop from neighbour and cant access downloads. keeps saying I need old user password. wont let me download.



    ***Modified title from: laptop***

    :)
     
    johnsultan, Apr 8, 2020
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  2. Bruce SX Win User

    FORGOTTEN PASSWORD To gain access to Laptop

    To tell the truth, I must profess ignorance

    When all this started I went through the following steps:.
    1) Turn on the laptop picture of a fjord appears.
    2) A left click on the screen causes the user name to appears with the password box under it.
    3) Anything(or nothing) typed into the password box, with a tap to the enter key then brings the command to try again.

    See, I can't seem to get anywhere except I somehow(during my efforts to try variations of the password hint) ended up getting a screen that was related(I think) to BIOS.
    That allowed me to go through some settings(administrative?) and choose a password. I chose to do that.
    Aha I thought.
    All that did was give me a log in command box(for which I created a password) .
    So now, instead of the 3 steps above I have to log in to get to the 3 steps above. A step I didn't have to do before.

    What I'm trying to say is this(after all my fumbling about): that I still do not know the difference between a local user account or an MS account-linked user account.

    All i know, at this point, is that I am stuck at step 3 and really am not sure what to do except maybe have my fiend reach out to ASUS.

    I made a mistake in my first post. I do not have the OS disc. I have the ASUS DVD suite. I mistakenly assumed it was an OS disc. I talked to my friend and was told that her laptop came preloaded with Win10.

    DVD suite listings
    -Power 2go8
    -E-Green
    -ASUS Firmware Update
    -Quick Install Guide

    Thanks for your reply sir. I do appreciate it.

    Regards,
    Bruce
     
    Bruce SX, Apr 8, 2020
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  3. iStink Win User
    User accounts in VB2005 from MS Access

    Access has a list of words not to use as column names, but if you must, you'll need to use brackets in your sql statement. I'm unsure of the list of words, but the line of code appears valid. Try using this:

    Dim sqlString As String = "INSERT INTO USERS ([USERNAME], [PASSWORD]) VALUES ('" & usernameString & "', '" & passwordString & "')"

    Perhaps its password that's causing the issue.

    You could also try renaming the columns within the access database. I ran into this issue when I used the word time as a column name.
     
    iStink, Apr 8, 2020
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  4. MCK
    mck Win User

    Laptop asking for user password when accessing downloads

    How can I find the password for my Windows 10 laptop?

    I found a solution to my problem. What I did was:
    1. Open Network & Sharing Center on the laptop.
    2. Click "Change advanced sharing settings"
    3. Expand the "All Networks" item.
    4. Change "Password protected sharing" from On to Off.

    Now when I click my laptop name in File Explorer > Networks, it just shows my shared folder without asking for a network credentials password. This is how it used to work before.

    Hope this helps others,
     
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