A friend of mine reports that, after installing the latest
version of Avast! Free and restarting his computer, Windows
XP now demands a password at startup - where it didn't
before. Meanwhile, he has no idea what the password could
be.
If we don't find a way around this, he's going to have to
reinstal windows and lose all his data. Does anyone know if
Restoring XP would solve the problem?
Without having checked the info he's given me, it seems to
me advisable, after installing the latest version of Avast!
and before closing down or restarting, to check that no
change has taken place in Windows startup settings - user
accounts, auto login, use of passwords ..
Avast! hasn't done this to me but another program did
something similar under 2k - which required altering the
registry to restore things.
Unless someone has a bright idea, I plan to boot his
computer with a Bart's PE cd and carry out the Privilege
Escalation Exploit - involving logon.scr and cmd.exe
- details here:
http://www.clazh.com/how-to-hack-or-crack-a-windows-xp-administrator-password/Ideas welcome.
Sezor