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I installed MS Vista and didn't install a password

 
 
Dan L
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      09-17-2006
I installed MS Vista and Walked out of the room and the install finished I
came back and then it was asking for a password and a Username I didn't
install one is there a temp one that you use then chsnge it , can some one
help I have never ran into this.
thanks
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YSmith
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      09-18-2006
This is to make an administrative username. enter a user and password to
create an admin account.
 
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Michael Palumbo
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      09-19-2006
"YSmith" <> wrote in message
news:0830F77A-EEEB-4A47-A0C5-...
> This is to make an administrative username. enter a user and password to
> create an admin account.



This is going to confuse a lot of people that aren't familiar with 'root'
accounts.

Basically, the first user set up in Vista is the default Admin (or root)
user. This is the user who will have full control over the system and when
another user is running as a standard user, it will ask for this users
password to perform administrative tasks.

XP Home never asked you to set up an Admin user during setup, only during
first run after install and it never prompted you to set a password. This
is one of its greatest security flaws.

I think Microsoft is going to get a lot of tech support calls when the
screen to set up the Admin account during the installation appears. Many
will believe they need a user name and password to continue and won't
understand that they are setting up a user name and password, even though
it's clearly explained on the screen itself.

Mic

 
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Matthew Jennings
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      10-16-2006
I tried to just enter in a username and password and it says that it is
invalid.

"Michael Palumbo" wrote:

> "YSmith" <> wrote in message
> news:0830F77A-EEEB-4A47-A0C5-...
> > This is to make an administrative username. enter a user and password to
> > create an admin account.

>
>
> This is going to confuse a lot of people that aren't familiar with 'root'
> accounts.
>
> Basically, the first user set up in Vista is the default Admin (or root)
> user. This is the user who will have full control over the system and when
> another user is running as a standard user, it will ask for this users
> password to perform administrative tasks.
>
> XP Home never asked you to set up an Admin user during setup, only during
> first run after install and it never prompted you to set a password. This
> is one of its greatest security flaws.
>
> I think Microsoft is going to get a lot of tech support calls when the
> screen to set up the Admin account during the installation appears. Many
> will believe they need a user name and password to continue and won't
> understand that they are setting up a user name and password, even though
> it's clearly explained on the screen itself.
>
> Mic
>
>

 
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