Windows XP Password....
By zugedanit
@zugedanit (1958)
Philippines
February 14, 2007 12:02pm CST
I have a PC with Win XP Home, 1GB memory, SP2, etc. I have a Western Digital 320GB external hard drive. I don't log on Win XP with a password. Problem: when I want to 'schedule' an incremental backup with XP Backup program to the external hard drive, it always asks for Computer Name and a password in order to do this. When I create one to do this backup, it won't let me. How can I get around this problem and not use this password thing to do this scheduled backup? Thanks so much.
3 responses
@not4me (1711)
• United States
14 Feb 07
Even though you don't log in, an admin username and password should have been set up when the operating system was installed for the first time. You will have to go into your control panel settings under users and find out how to be prompted for a user. Then reboot. When it boots up you should be able to select your regular user w/no password or the admin user. The username should be Administrator and there might not be a password at all, in which you simply hit enter, but it depends on how your machine was set up.
I'm on XP Pro right now or I would give you more specific steps but Home and Pro differ. Just try User Accounts or Users in your control panel and then change to the Owner account and once you are the Owner you should be able to set it up no prob.
If you are still prompted try admin and admin for username and password as it could be an issue with your destination drive.
