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

date posted 28th January 2005 22:12

All Windows NT-XP machines have an Administrator account (although it can be
renamed). It is created during setup. On XP Home (and possibly in a
Workgroup on Pro), it is hidden by default. If you didn't install the PC
from scratch, have a look at the docs that came with it, they may tell you
what the default password is. Or just use a password cracker...

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From: "Marc Wilson" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Windows XP asking for password when none was set up



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

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