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XP Password / Virus?
Me_Myself_2
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Posting for a friend.
When he tried to switch his PC on the other day (the day AFTER his virus protection ran out), he found that all the users now need a password to log on. Everyone in the house denies the have touched it. Even the Aminister has a password on it.
He tried to get on via safe mode, but exactly the same problem.
Does this sound like a virus?
Any help please?
MM
When he tried to switch his PC on the other day (the day AFTER his virus protection ran out), he found that all the users now need a password to log on. Everyone in the house denies the have touched it. Even the Aminister has a password on it.
He tried to get on via safe mode, but exactly the same problem.
Does this sound like a virus?
Any help please?
MM
:grouphug: Things can only get better.
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it may be a virus, but it sounds like someone has set a password on all of the accounts0
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Any other ideas please?:grouphug: Things can only get better.0
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http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/
This is a utility to (re)set the password of any user that has a valid (local) account on your NT system.
You do not need to know the old password to set a new one.
It works offline, that is, you have to shutdown your computer and boot off a floppydisk or CD. The bootdisk includes stuff to access NTFS and FAT/FAT32 partitions and scripts to glue the whole thing together.
Will detect and offer to unlock locked or disabled out user accounts!Ex forum ambassador
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