Re: XP Home Password Prompted but None Set

JSL,
Thanx for your reply. I seem to have posting problems: my first
reply got entered twice and my 2nd never made it!! Anyway, here goes
another try:

I tend to agree with your presumption that the problem was NOT
caused by malware. Unfortunately, I don't think a system restore will
do me much good, since this is a brand new machine I am setting up for
someone. The problem first occurred after I did a clean install of XP
Home (SP2) + all the Dell Inspiron hardware drivers + Norton Internet
Security 2007 + MS Works 8.5 + Firefox 2 + Acrobat Reader 7.0.9 + Java
1.5.0.10 + Quickbooks Pro 2006 + all the online updates for Windows and
the above listed programs. When I first saw the problem (after
resuming from Standby mode at some point), I suspected some kind of
"password catcher" malware, but couldn't find any evidence after
rebooting and logging back on. By the time it happened again a few
hours later, I had decided I needed to have XP Pro on the machine for
other reasons. At that point, I formatted the hard drive and started
over loading XP Pro (SP2) + all the programs mentioned above. The next
day when I resumed from Hibernate, I was again faced with password
prompts that accepted no known passwords!!! The worst part is that I
cannot force it to happen on a regular basis: sometimes I standby or
switch user and it works fine. It does seem to only happen when
someone is already logged in.

Since this is such a rare problem (I have set up hundreds of PC's
and have never seen or even heard about this until now), I would really
appreciate it if you could tell me all the software you have installed
on your system. Also, if you can remember what the last program/files
you installed on it prior to seeing the problem, it might help to
narrow down the search for a culprit.

Thanx for any info,
ehg

On Jan 24, 5:53 am, JSL <J...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It sounds to me that you are going through exactly what i went through with
my computer. I'm afraid that I never really "cracked the code" on this
mystery. I'm fairly sure that the cause was not malware/spyware. In the
end, I hadXP"restore" the system files from a week before the problem began
and now everything seems to be OK. If you take this route, be sure to save
your important files (althoughXPrestored my system files and kept my
photos, music, word docs current and everything was OK) -- you can never be
too safe.

I don't know what file or files I may have installed that interfered with
the profiles and made them ask for imaginary passwords that don't exist. If
you find the real culprit, please drop me a line through this message board
and let me know what you found. Take care and good luck!

JSL

"ehgoodr...@xxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:
JSL,
I am having the same problem on one of my machines. Actually I
have 2
accounts: one with apasswordand one without. After the hibernate or
standby
(or in one case when I simply selected Logout, Switch User to login to
the
other account), it sometimes?? gives me thepasswordpromptfor both
accounts and
no passwords work!! Only option is same as for you: restart computer,
then
everything works normally until it happens again.

Since you and I seem to be in a VERY small group of people who have
seen this behavior, can you give me any more details about the software
running on your system? Also, did you ever contact Microsoft or find
anyone
else who had more information?

FYI, I recently installed QuickBooks 2006 and downloaded all the
updates
for it. I also can verify this problem will occur onXPPro as well as
Home.

Also I found at least 2 other mentions of similar problems on
usenet:
"Can't loggin into Windows after hibernation" on Dec 21, 2006
and
"User account has nopasswordbut is sometimes prompted for
password"
on Apr 19, 2006

Thanx for any info,
ehg

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