xp pro requires password though none is set

[Guest sjg]

hi

 

i have three users: 2 administrators and one limited. 1 of the admins has a

password, the others do not. however when i switched users and it returned to

the welcome screen, it now requires a password for all the accounts. i have

tried leaving the password prompt blank, my password, and other passwords,

and am not able to login the any of the accounts. this is an intermittent

problem, mebe happening 5 times over the past 9 months. what gives?

[Guest Allan]

Re: xp pro requires password though none is set

 

 

"sjg" <sjg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> hi

>

> i have three users: 2 administrators and one limited. 1 of the admins has

> a

> password, the others do not. however when i switched users and it returned

> to

> the welcome screen, it now requires a password for all the accounts. i

> have

> tried leaving the password prompt blank, my password, and other passwords,

> and am not able to login the any of the accounts. this is an intermittent

> problem, mebe happening 5 times over the past 9 months. what gives?

>

This is not a solution to this intermittent problem but you should create a

password reset floppy disk for each account, including the ones that have no

password set. That way you can always access each account using the password

reset disk. Try disabling Fast User Switching. You can also crosspost this

to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin if no one else here has any

ideas on how to solve your problem.