Password Won't Take

This seems strange.

I am using a re-created XP SP3.
I have one user - Administrator. It was not password protected, and I
changed that as I always have. Then I re-booted (twice) to assure the
password took.

So far I have found that the system boots up without asking for the
password. Why could this happen?

Anyone?

Wei

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This seems strange.

I am using a re-created XP SP3.
I have one user - Administrator. It was not password protected, and I
changed that as I always have. Then I re-booted (twice) to assure the
password took.

So far I have found that the system boots up without asking for the
password. Why could this happen?

Anyone?

Wei

What does "re-created XP SP3" mean ?
and
What does " I changed that as I always have" mean ?

You have to be more specific and elaborate on what you have done.

--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

On 04/08/2013 05:05 AM, wrote:
This seems strange.

I am using a re-created XP SP3.
I have one user - Administrator. It was not password protected, and I
changed that as I always have. Then I re-booted (twice) to assure the
password took.

So far I have found that the system boots up without asking for the
password. Why could this happen?

Anyone?

Wei




Normally, when booting you are not given the option to boot to
"Administrator" unless you boot up in safe mode.
You are evidently booting the the "user" account which may of course
have administrative privileges


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On Mon, 8 Apr 2013 08:12:16 -0400, "David H. Lipman"
wrote:

From:

This seems strange.

I am using a re-created XP SP3.
I have one user - Administrator. It was not password protected, and I
changed that as I always have. Then I re-booted (twice) to assure the
password took.

So far I have found that the system boots up without asking for the
password. Why could this happen?

Anyone?

Wei

What does "re-created XP SP3" mean ?
and

Bad choice of words. I meant that I created a new XP SP3 from scratch
from installation CD.

What does " I changed that as I always have" mean ?

You have to be more specific and elaborate on what you have done.

From:

On Mon, 8 Apr 2013 08:12:16 -0400, "David H. Lipman"
wrote:

From:

This seems strange.

I am using a re-created XP SP3.
I have one user - Administrator. It was not password protected, and I
changed that as I always have. Then I re-booted (twice) to assure the
password took.

So far I have found that the system boots up without asking for the
password. Why could this happen?

Anyone?

Wei

What does "re-created XP SP3" mean ?
and

Bad choice of words. I meant that I created a new XP SP3 from scratch
from installation CD.

What does " I changed that as I always have" mean ?

You have to be more specific and elaborate on what you have done.

You didn't fully answer my questions.

--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

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typed:
This seems strange.

I am using a re-created XP SP3.
I have one user - Administrator. It was not password
protected, and I changed that as I always have. Then I
re-booted (twice) to assure the password took.

So far I have found that the system boots up without
asking for the password. Why could this happen?

Anyone?

Wei

There is a setting where, after you've entered a password, you can have the
system not bother to ask for the password during boot.

Try creating a new user and when you do, name it something different than
the one already in existence, give it a password, and do nothing to boot
without entering the password if that's part of the process; I'm not certain
it is, but think it is.

Then Shut Down and remove the power plug for 30 seconds or more to be
certain all buffers die off, plug it back in, and start the computer.

You should now get a new screen with both the old and the new accounts
when windows starts. Choose the new account and see if it asks for your
password.

If it does ask, then you can decide which one to keep, or not keep the
old one or keep both. Up to you of course.
If it does not ask for a password, then you could have anything from
malware to plain old file corruption causing the problem of not asking for
your password.
Since it sounds like you don't have backups to rely on, a reiinstall of
windows and all your applications might be in order. If you do reinstall
windows, allow it to also delete the partitions and recreate them.
And watch out; in some places the first, or boot disc, can be labelled as
Disk 0 while in others it's disk 1. If you have multiple drives, it's easy
to get mixed up and install windows to the wrong drive letter. So watch your
screen carefully and write down the drive # and size plus anything else that
looks useful.

Then seriously consider creating a backup strategy. You can always back up
to DVDs if you're short on internal drive space. Even just one backup DVD
will save you from ever having to reinstall Windows again.
And of course be sure you're up to date with all the Hotfixes and Updates
MS provides with its Update Windows functon. You are at SP3, right?

HTH,

Twayne`

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philo typed:
On 04/08/2013 05:05 AM, wrote:
This seems strange.

I am using a re-created XP SP3.
I have one user - Administrator. It was not password
protected, and I changed that as I always have. Then I
re-booted (twice) to assure the password took.

So far I have found that the system boots up without
asking for the password. Why could this happen?

Anyone?

Wei




Normally, when booting you are not given the option to
boot to "Administrator" unless you boot up in safe mode.
You are evidently booting the the "user" account which
may of course have administrative privileges

A very good point. +1

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This seems strange.
I am using a re-created XP SP3.
I have one user - Administrator. It was not password protected, and I
changed that as I always have. Then I re-booted (twice) to assure the
password took.
So far I have found that the system boots up without asking for the
password. Why could this happen?
Anyone?

Click "Start", "Run", type "control userpasswords2" into the "Open" box,
click "OK" and make sure "Users must enter a user name and password..."
is checked. If this doesn't help, you might try creating a new, password-
protected user account with administrative privileges.

Ben