XP system auto added a password protected, admin account named MSALCLADM. Deleted but it returns. Why? danger?
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Most likely it is from some sort of trojan, created to allow it to run services under an admin username.  The instructions that follow will disable the account.  Once it's disabled, you should run the standard spyware/virus removal software.\n\nDisable the account: \n\n1) Click Start, select Run... \n2) Enter "lusrmgr.msc" (without the quotes), press click OK. \n3) The Local Users and Groups management console window will appear. \n3) In the left pane click "users" \n4) In the right pane double click the user. \n5) The user Properties window will appear. \n6) Check the "Account is Disabled" checkbox and click OK. \n7) Close the Local Users and Groups management console window.
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if you are the administrator then you could be screwed on this and the answer is to reformat.   If you arent the administrator then you can  click on the question and get option to put in the administrator id and password or try booting from the windows xp disk.  You can sometimes get this to work if it is not the adminstrator account.  You can to www.bootdisk.com and find solutions.
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When you first got this desktop was it locked with that or did you install the option for that? If you installed it then i'm going to assume it's the one that is in the control panel in windows XP. If this is all the case then to log on you need your correct username and password and you will have to enter them rather than useing windows xp (remembering) system. If you know your password then try useing the "Administrator" username try uppercase Administrators" and lowercase "administrator" if that doesn't work try "admin" and "Admin" if you don't know your password then(assuming you have windows xp) try doing a system restore on your computer by pressing F8 when your system starts, keep pressing F8 till a menu appears then "System Restore" should be somewhere on that list.  Hope i'm somewhere on the right track here.
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Try the offline Windows NT Password Editor.  Or alternatively try booting into safe mode and typing in administrator at the login prompt.  A lot of the time that USER ID has no password but can usually only be accessed by booting into safe mode
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You can't disable the Administrator account as it is a "built-in" account.  You can rename the account by right-clicking on it in Local Users and Groups and selecting Rename.  You should give it a random name and a strong password.  If you're very paranoid, you can create another account called Administrator and give it extremely limited access and turn on auditing for the account.  You can then review the Security Event Log and see if anyone is trying to hack into your system using the Administrator username.
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Your original admin account will only be availble when you are in safe mode. Your original log in that you set up will have same admin settings.But whe you install xp you st up a defaul admin account with a passowrd(if u entered a pass) for safe mode issue and other troubleshooting...then when you went further in the install you set up another user which is the default account your pc boots into.....
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Ok, so you say you forgot your Windows administrator's password, huh? Oh well, it doesn't really matter if you did or you just say you did. The fact is that you need to gain access to a computer and you cannot "remember" the administrator's password. \n\nHow can you get out of this situation without formatting and re-installing the operating system?\n\n1- try hard to remember the forgotten password\n2- restore a backed up System State (in Windows 2000/XP/2003) or a ERD (in NT 4.0) in which you do remember the password\n3- using 3rd party tools that will enable you to reset the lost password and logon with a blank password\n\nIf you are looking for password cracking tools that can be used for miscellaneous objectives such as password-protected PDF documents, zipped archives, docs and so on then yahoo pages is NOT the place
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if your running xp, you can click on runt and type in control userpasswords2 and click on ok.\n\nthere would be a new display on the screen, there will be a new screen, if you then click on the Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer tickbox. \n\nand press ok it will ask you to type in your current password, as yours is blank, just click on ok, and click on ok to close the window.\n\njob done, next time you restart it should auto logon.
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Disable it from BIOS or from device manager. Enable password protection for BIOS, don't let anyone else logon as admin if you disable from device manager. Or you can customize security in registry (careful with that).
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there isnt a password. You computermight be set up for an admin and the login you have has limited access in XP.
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it might be the xp firewall or an antivirus program.\ntry reinstalling it....re install it by overwriting the same files. try reinstalling by disabling the antivirus and firewall
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Goto safe mode and login as Administrator and then follow this path:-\n\nStart>Control Panel>User Accounts...\nClick on your username and change Password:- Give a new password. It will not ask you for the old one. It will work.......... Believe me.
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I'll assume Windows XP so if so reboot to get the XP WElcome screen, hit CTL-ALT-DEL twice which will bring up the classic login. Type in administrator and no password. If this works you can now go into Control panel and reset your user password.\n\nIf it doesn't then your going to have to have somebody with a password disk reset it for you.
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did she also make a user account on your computer? if so delete it and change your password to your account so she cannot use your computer at all.\nif you need any help on windows xp accounts write to me.
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If you can login to safe-mode (by clicking F8) when the computer turns on and logging in as Administrator and going that route.\n\nHowever, if you cannot login as administrator, search the internet for Hirens Boot CD and make a disc. The hirens disc as numerous usefull utilities including a password reset for XP. Good Luck!
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Try\n"Start - Settings - Control panel - User Accounts - Advanced"\nFirst of all , do you see all of the user acccounts there?\nSelect the first user account then select the ":Advanced" tab.\nMake sure the little box that says "Require users to press Ctrl+Alt+Delete"\ndoes have a check in it. Then click "Apply" & "OK". This needs to be checked for EACH user account!\n\nOr, possibly...\nClick Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type control userpasswords2, and then click OK. In the dialog box that appears, enable Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer check box, and then click OK.\n\nIt sounds like someone may have set you up with a Default User name and Password.\n\nIf neither of these helps you, try this...\nClich "Start - Run" and type (or paste) this into the box\n\nrundll32 netplwiz.dll,ClearAutoLogon\n\nThen click O-K.\n\nThere is a way to go into the registry and clear this manually, but I'm telling you right now, you do this at your own risk.\nWhat I tell you will be 100% accurate, but If you make any one single simple mistake, you will be breaking your own computer. Don't blame me!\n\n\nOpen Registry Editor (Start - Run - "regedit" and OK) and navigate to: \n\nHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE &#92; Software &#92; Microsoft &#92; WindowsNT &#92; CurrentVersion &#92; Winlogon\n\nDelete the DefaultPassword entry. \n\nDouble-click AutoAdminLogon, type 0 in the Value Data box, and then click OK.
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well u can boot up in safe mode and go in as Administrator just hope that they did not set up a password for that account. Most people don't.  Once you are in there, (if using windows xp) erase the passwords for the other accounts.