|
Related Topics:
| user account's adminstator password effecting guest account - On my desktop I created a password for my account and enabled a user account with no problem Now I'm on my dell notebook windows xp sp2 and created a password for my account any replied yes to protect my files and
Slow Start-up (I know this question has been asked before) - Hello, I'm at my wits end. My start-up is now about 4 minutes long. Msconfig only has 2 items checked under start-up: ccAPP for Norton & Cft.mon. A dell hardware tech checked my computer & disabled the prefetch file, cleaned out a lot of $
user accounts - when i try to delete an acc. the program does not respond
Admin accounts behaving differently - I run XP Home/SP2, with 2 logon accounts. Both are accounts, with full On one account, I can download, and run, a virtual account program (from Citi). On the other account, I cannot run the program at all; I am even..
User Accounts window hanging in safe mode - Hi, when I log in to the account in safe mode and attempt to edit the user accounts, I get an Internet Explorer script error, with no other date in the dialog. What is wrong and how do I fix it? Thanks! Sue
|
|
| Author |
Message |
External
Since: Feb 06, 2008
Posts: 3
|
(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:03 pm
Post subject: XP Pro account anomaly: password asked for on accounts with no password, etc.  Get Alert
Archived from groups: microsoft>public>windowsxp>perform_maintain (more info?)
|
|
|
Hello, everyone. I am running Windows XP Proffesional SP2 with one
password-protected user/administrator account and two
non-password-protected user accounts. Windows boots up and runs normally,
but after logging out of an account, Windows will occassionally ask for
non-existant passwords on the two unprotected accounts and says the correct
password is wrong for the one account that has a password. I looked in the
event log and didn't see any warnings or problems, and I haven't messed with
anything in the registry. I searched Microsoft's forums and newsgroups as
well as Google, but can't find anything similar to my question, and the
techs I have asked have never heard of this happening. It may be that I am
asking the wrong question, or perhaps I am not describing the problem well.
Can anyone point me in the right direction so I can discover a solution?
I'm concerned that this is a symptom of a greater problem and I want to
correct it myself, but am hoping to avoid a reinstallation. Thanks for your
attention, A. Johnson |
|
| Back to top |
|
 | |
External
Since: Mar 10, 2007
Posts: 451
|
(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:09 pm
Post subject: Re: XP Pro account anomaly: password asked for on accounts with no Get Alert [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
|
|
|
If you didn't set a password, who did? Here's what I think: The password
was set by the malicious software that infected your computer. *All*
user accounts should be password protected.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est
Andrew wrote:
> Hello, everyone. I am running Windows XP Proffesional SP2 with one
> password-protected user/administrator account and two
> non-password-protected user accounts. Windows boots up and runs
> normally, but after logging out of an account, Windows will
> occassionally ask for non-existant passwords on the two unprotected
> accounts and says the correct password is wrong for the one account that
> has a password. I looked in the event log and didn't see any warnings or
> problems, and I haven't messed with anything in the registry. I
> searched Microsoft's forums and newsgroups as well as Google, but can't
> find anything similar to my question, and the techs I have asked have
> never heard of this happening. It may be that I am asking the wrong
> question, or perhaps I am not describing the problem well. Can anyone
> point me in the right direction so I can discover a solution? I'm
> concerned that this is a symptom of a greater problem and I want to
> correct it myself, but am hoping to avoid a reinstallation. Thanks for
> your attention, A. Johnson
> |
|
| Back to top |
|
| |
External
Since: Apr 19, 2007
Posts: 338
|
(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 6:25 am
Post subject: Re: XP Pro account anomaly: password asked for on accounts with no Get Alert [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
|
|
|
On Feb 6, 3:03 pm, "Andrew " <and....TakeThisOut@comtechok.com> wrote:
> Hello, everyone. I am running Windows XP Proffesional SP2 with one
> password-protected user/administrator account and two
> non-password-protected user accounts. Windows boots up and runs normally,
> but after logging out of an account, Windows will occassionally ask for
> non-existant passwords on the two unprotected accounts and says the correct
> password is wrong for the one account that has a password. I looked in the
> event log and didn't see any warnings or problems, and I haven't messed with
> anything in the registry. I searched Microsoft's forums and newsgroups as
> well as Google, but can't find anything similar to my question, and the
> techs I have asked have never heard of this happening. It may be that I am
> asking the wrong question, or perhaps I am not describing the problem well..
> Can anyone point me in the right direction so I can discover a solution?
> I'm concerned that this is a symptom of a greater problem and I want to
> correct it myself, but am hoping to avoid a reinstallation. Thanks for your
> attention, A. Johnson
Access the XP with the "built-in" Adminstrator account and clear the
passwords for those two accounts. >> Stay informed about: XP Pro account anomaly: password asked for on accounts wit.. |
|
| Back to top |
|
| |
|
FAQ
Search
Profile
Private Messages
Log in/Register/Password
Windows XP