Hello, everyone. I am running Windows XP Proffesional SP2 with one password-protected user/administrator account and two non-password-protected limited user accounts. Windows boots up and runs normally, but after logging out of or switching to an account, Windows will occassionally ask for non-existant passwords on the two unprotected accounts and says the correct password is wrong for the one account that has a password, although the hint is right. A reboot will generally revert all to normal. There is no evidence of infection, and I looked in the event log, but didn't see any warnings or problems, and I haven't messed with anything in the registry. I searched Microsoft's forums and newsgroups as well as Google, but can't find anything similar to my question, and the techs I have asked have never heard of this happening. It may be that I am asking the wrong question, or perhaps I am not describing the problem well. Can anyone point me in the right direction so I can discover a solution? I'm concerned that this is a symptom of a greater problem and I want to correct it myself, but am hoping to avoid a reinstallation. Thanks for your attention, A. Johnson
Post Script: I recently re-googled my querry and found that someone suggested malware is the culprit, but there is no way to reply. Again, maybe I am not decribing this event well enough. I have never heard of malware or any virus that would cause this anomaly, but if I am wrong, please correct me so I can learn how to remove the possible threat and avoid it in the future. Thanks again for your attention. A.
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