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[SOLVED] Windows 7 can't log on to any user account
« on: April 12, 2015, 09:54:30 am »
I have a Windows 7 PC that has a 1 user and 1 admin account. There are no passwords on any of the two accounts. However when you click on any of the two user account icons you get the following error message: "The user name or password is incorrect". What makes this more weird is that you never get a box to enter a user name or password.

What I have tried the following so far without any success:
1. I have even removed/reset any and all passwords using a password removal utility to blank no passwords.
2. I have done a system re-store.
3. Windows start up repair.
4. Ran Kaspersky system restore ISO CD and it found no viruses.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks.  :confused:
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Re: [SOLVED] Windows 7 can't log on to any user account
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2015, 01:07:04 am »
Just for clarification, what was the command line you used to copy the original sethc.exe file back ?

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Re: [SOLVED] Windows 7 can't log on to any user account
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2015, 06:29:48 pm »
copy c:\sethc.exe c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe

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Re: [SOLVED] Windows 7 can't log on to any user account
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2015, 08:01:10 pm »
Just for clarification, what was the command line you used to copy the original sethc.exe file back ?

well, seems they could make a fix it for that here;
and copy the data over here at least in case the website or page gets deleted like so many do these days...

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Re: [SOLVED] Windows 7 can't log on to any user account
« Reply #5 on: April 14, 2015, 01:41:14 am »
copy c:\sethc.exe c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe

Thanks.