Re: tasklist asks for username and password

I'll bet that you have a trojan/virus/worm.

Do you get any errors using any of these?

CMD.EXE
NETSTAT.EXE
PING.EXE
REGEDIT.EXE
TASKKILL.EXE
TRACERT.EXE

If you do, update your antivirus and anti-spyware applications and run full
system scans.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:Xns971E9DD5B7AF6ex176@xxxxxxxxxxxx,
A <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> Hello
> It worked before and something appears to have changed.
>
> tasklist
> or tasklist /svc gives error
> ERROR: Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.
>
> I understand that the command (by default) runs with the current logged on
> user's account permissions.
>
> What has changed ?
> This particular account has admin rights and is password protected.
>
>
> Thankyou all
> A

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