The password setting in the BIOS is completely separate from Windows.

  Some versions of Windows will stop asking for a password if you don't give
them one....

  What you're describing, though, is not a "login" screen, but a "change
password" screen.  That sounds like your account probably has "Must change
password at next login" checked.  (This is often checked automatically when
an account is first created).

  I know passwords seem like ahassle, but I've spent a lot of the last ten
days tracking down machines invested with an "sdbot" worm variant; they were
vulnerable because their passwords were easily guessed.

David Gillett


On 4 Oct 2004 at 4:45, gregory Moyer wrote:

> HI:
>
> when my computer boots a message pops up to enter a windows password. It is asking for the old password and to type a new one twice. I never choose a password to logon windows. I tried to disable it in bios but that did not work,
> I also removed the cmos battery and put it back in; this allowed me to boot to windows but when I restarted it went back to asking for password.
>
> Greg
>
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