-=PCTechTalk=- Re: pswd required

Dolores,
    This gives me a much better idea of what's going on, even though I've 
never dealt with this particular beast.  Where, exactly, are you entering 
your password when you go into Administration Tools?

Peace,
GMan

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dolores" <dshelham@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 4:54 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: pswd required


> Time just rolls too fast!  Okay will try to explain it better - back last
> September when Panda updated me to the 2007 version, they told me I HAD ro
> put a password in what I assume must have been the registry but don't know
> for sure - they just gave me the spot to type one in and said to make sure 
> I
> remembered it because they wouldn't be able to get it for me and I'd be 
> just
> out of luck and stupid me followed directions (heck Panda worked well back
> then!) I don't know what else this move by Panda accomplished as far as
> security but it did make it necessary for me to type my password in every
> time I had to reboot.
>
> Then I dump Panda but of course still have this password thing.  I figured
> out I could go to my account as administrator and remove the password.
> However, when I try to schedule a task and don't put a password in when it
> requests it I get an error message saying the task didn't 'take'.  I've
> tried putting the password in the task scheduler but I still get an error
> message saying access is denied and of course it doesn't run.
>
> The even more wierd thing is that if I look at the system restore 
> calendar,
> every day it does a 'system checkpoint' but never at the same time!  If I 
> go
> into the Scheduled Tasks,it shows that I have tried to put one for system
> restore at a specific time (which is never the one that shows up on the
> calendar) and mine doesn't work.  However if I go back to administrator
> tools, put the $%#%$ password in there (which means I need to enter it 
> every
> time I reboot) then I don't get that error and it will run at the time 
> I've
> set.
>
> So I'm thinking that the entire computer must be password protected 
> somehow,
> somewhere for it to effect the ability to use system restore (probably 
> other
> things I just haven't run across).  The password shows up with a reboot,
> when the windows welcome screen comes up and there's the blank to put in 
> my
> password if I want to get past it.  Like I said I can elminiate it there 
> but
> then I also elminiate the ability to use system restore.  I deleted
> everything from Panda that I could find but like I said, I have a feeling
> that the password went into the registry somewhere in a spot that says "no
> password, no computer performance" - well of course not those words but 
> you
> get the idea.
>
> The one thing I haven't tried and will do that now and report back - is 
> set
> up a scheduled task with the password, go back into administrative tools 
> and
> remove it and see if I can trick the scheduled task.  Dolores 

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