On my gateway laptop when I start it,it prompts for a password but we never set up a password on it.I can't even get the start up disk to work.can't get it to do anything.can anyone help me.
My Computer
System One
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If you are using a Microsoft account (an email) to sign in to Windows, the password is the one for your email in question. If you are using a local account without password and there's no password set, just leave the password field empty and press Enter to sign in to account.
Kari
Yes, that's true if using a third party email as Live ID / MS Account. If using an MS email, the passwords are the same.If you are using a Microsoft account (an email) to sign in to Windows, the password is the one for your email in question. If you are using a local account without password and there's no password set, just leave the password field empty and press Enter to sign in to account.
Kari
This is going to sound like nit picking but the Live ID login password doesn't have to be the same password as the one used for that e-mail account tied to the Live ID. My live ID password and my e-mail password are totally different passwords.
Yes, that's true if using a third party email as Live ID / MS Account. If using an MS email, the passwords are the same.If you are using a Microsoft account (an email) to sign in to Windows, the password is the one for your email in question. If you are using a local account without password and there's no password set, just leave the password field empty and press Enter to sign in to account.
Kari
This is going to sound like nit picking but the Live ID login password doesn't have to be the same password as the one used for that e-mail account tied to the Live ID. My live ID password and my e-mail password are totally different passwords.
An MS Account with an MS hosted email address(*) as a sign in account to Windows has and uses the password of that email. If the user changes his / her email password at Outlook.com, it will become the new password to sign in to Windows 8 or later using this account.
Kari
(*) Including email addresses from outlook.com, hotmail.com, live.com, msn.com and their localized versions like hotmail.fi or live.co.uk, excluding Office 365 email addresses which are in case of MS Account considered as third party email addresses.