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PASSWORD PROMPTING

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by rimomena42

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One of my computers,will not allow me to log in.It suddenly began to prompt me for a password which was never created in the first place.when i installed this client stand alone XP machine,I did not apply a password policy whatsoever,so it was a bit amazing to see this prompt.the PC is a standalone,XP professional.

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by lhallock

Have you installed a LAN on your system recently? I know when I installed a Lyksys wireless adapter on a PC I was working on so I could download drivers quickly, I got that password request until I removed the SW and the adapter.

by bobho

In addition to the above, adding a new user to the pc will cause you to get the password prompt. by default, xp will only use the administrator account. If you only had an adminstrator account then xp will automatically log that account on without a prompt if no password was set up. If you have added yourself as a user then you will get the logon/password query for that account.

DrBob:>)

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