Password suddenly required

From: Donald Atkins (niffer@charter.net)
Date: 10/31/02 

From: "Donald Atkins" <niffer@charter.net>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 03:53:28 -0800

I have a friend who has been running 2000 for almost a
year on a stand alone system. When Windows starts it is
suddenly asking him for a username and password and he
has no idea why or what the password is to get around
this. How do I disable this or find the old password to
change to a new one?

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