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Olaf
Hello,
I have Windows XP Pro SP3, and have used the administrator account
(renamed to another account name) also for normal work in the normal
Windows mode (not safe mode). This has worked without problems for more
than a year.
However, since some weeks, there is a strange behaviour of this account:
Whenever I reboot, the password of this Administrator account is reset
(to something unknown to me, the previous password does not work), and
also any information I give in the account description is blanked.
Therefore, I can access the account again only by using another account
with administrator rights (which I luckily have), reset the password for
the administrator account from there, and then log in back to the
administrator account with the newly reset password. This works without
problems, and the password also continues to work if I do standby,
hibernate, or even if I reboot and then boot directly into safe mode (!).
But once I reboot and get back to normal Windows mode, the administrator
account password is reset again to something unknown, and the account
information is blanked again. I have also tried to change the
administrator password in safe mode, but the same behaviour occurs after
getting back to normal mode.
-> Any help in what could cause this, and how to get rid of it would be
highly appreciated!
Thanks,
Olaf
I have Windows XP Pro SP3, and have used the administrator account
(renamed to another account name) also for normal work in the normal
Windows mode (not safe mode). This has worked without problems for more
than a year.
However, since some weeks, there is a strange behaviour of this account:
Whenever I reboot, the password of this Administrator account is reset
(to something unknown to me, the previous password does not work), and
also any information I give in the account description is blanked.
Therefore, I can access the account again only by using another account
with administrator rights (which I luckily have), reset the password for
the administrator account from there, and then log in back to the
administrator account with the newly reset password. This works without
problems, and the password also continues to work if I do standby,
hibernate, or even if I reboot and then boot directly into safe mode (!).
But once I reboot and get back to normal Windows mode, the administrator
account password is reset again to something unknown, and the account
information is blanked again. I have also tried to change the
administrator password in safe mode, but the same behaviour occurs after
getting back to normal mode.
-> Any help in what could cause this, and how to get rid of it would be
highly appreciated!
Thanks,
Olaf