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 Message 494 
 Roy Witt to Rj Clay 
 Internet Rex 
 30 Sep 12 15:54:12 
 
29 Sep 12 18:48, Rj Clay wrote to Roy Witt:

 RC>>>    And note, btw, that I have the same issue with the 'Password
 RC>>> password' item on the "General information screen.  The item is
 RC>>> listed on that configuration screen but is greyed out and using
 RC>>> the up or down arrows just ends up skipping over it.

 RW>> If you have previously set a password there, you'll have to 'start'
 RW>> your rexcfg executable with -p, which will allow you to view and
 RW>> modify all passwords throughout the config program.

 RC>    Would I be correct in thinking that if it's greyed out and not
 RC> accessible, I likely did set a password there?

That or your REX install is running with corrupt files.

 RC> I don't recall and it's not in my notes but the basic configuration
 RC> was copied over from other systems... (several times...)

Hmmmm.

 RW>> i.e. recfgL.exe -pcarrot - if your password is carrot, will allow
 RW>> you to view and modify all other passwords. Otherwise, the fields
 RW>> will be there, but the passwords will be starred out and
 RW>> unmodifiable.

 RC>    I wonder if I should try setting it up from scratch (including the
 RC> entry of the registration info) on a clean install...

If you have preserved the reg info, that should be a good way to go.

Use freshly unpacked files from a clean REX archive.


                R\%/itt


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