Re: FN-FORUM: Windows XP asking for password when none was set up

date posted 28th January 2005 18:09

On 27 Jan 2005 23:04:39 -0000, Jonathan Chong [EMAIL REMOVED]
wrote:

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>Hi guys
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>Something weird has just happened to my Windows XP Professional SP2=20
>machine. I've never set a password on the machine, just a username, and=20
>I ran the routine Windows Update process and installed the Critial =
Updates.
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>Rebootd the machine as requested, and it's taken me to the login screen.=
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>Not a problem, I thought, since I never set a password before and the=20
>machine usually just boots to the desktop. Pressed OK with a blank=20
>password and it wouldn't let me in. Tried every known password I've ever=
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>set and it won't let me in.
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>I then rebooted the machine but it didn't make a difference.
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>Reboed to go into Safe Mode and it's still asking me for a password. I=20
>ever set up an Administrator account because I just set up the one=20
>account, which is mine.
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>Any ideas on why this is happening?

If you're lucky, it's just broken something and a re-install might fix =
it.
If you're *un*lucky, your PC has been remotely hacked- it may have
file-sharing or DDOS zombies on there.

It's all too easy- I left an FTP service unsecured for about 20 minutes,
once- it took me 3 days to get rid of all the "warez" installed on my c
drive (presumably for others to load).
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Marc Wilson

Cleopatra Consultants Limited - IT Consultants
2 The Grange, Cricklade Street, Old Town, Swindon SN1 3HG
Tel: (44/0) 845 890-3012 Fax: (44/0) 871 236-1531=20
Skype: cleo-marc
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